Tess Boudreau | |
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Born | Therese Boudreau 1919 Nova Scotia |
Died | 2007 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Spouse | Kryn Taconis |
Tess Boudreau, also known as Tess Boudreau-Taconis (1919–2007), was a Canadian photographer. Boudreau was known for her documentary photography and portraits of other artists. [1]
Tess Boudreau was born in Nova Scotia, and lived there and in Montreal, and Paris. In Paris, she worked for Henri Cartier-Bresson as a caption writer for his photographs. [2] She was a professional darkroom technician. In 1950, she met her husband, Kryn Taconis, who also had affiliations with Cartier-Bresson through Magnum Photo. [2] The couple eventually left Paris for Amsterdam, and then moved to Toronto where Boudreau worked as a photographer in the arts community during the 1960s. [2]
Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada [3] and the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). Her negatives and contact sheets form one of the AGO Library's Special Collections. [2]
Tess Boudreau died in 2007 in Guelph, Ontario. [2]
In 2016, her work was included in the exhibition Form Follows Fiction: Art and Artists in Toronto curated by Luis Jacob for the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at the University of Toronto Art Centre. [4]
Tess Boudreau | |
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Born | Therese Boudreau 1919 Nova Scotia |
Died | 2007 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Spouse | Kryn Taconis |
Tess Boudreau, also known as Tess Boudreau-Taconis (1919–2007), was a Canadian photographer. Boudreau was known for her documentary photography and portraits of other artists. [1]
Tess Boudreau was born in Nova Scotia, and lived there and in Montreal, and Paris. In Paris, she worked for Henri Cartier-Bresson as a caption writer for his photographs. [2] She was a professional darkroom technician. In 1950, she met her husband, Kryn Taconis, who also had affiliations with Cartier-Bresson through Magnum Photo. [2] The couple eventually left Paris for Amsterdam, and then moved to Toronto where Boudreau worked as a photographer in the arts community during the 1960s. [2]
Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada [3] and the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). Her negatives and contact sheets form one of the AGO Library's Special Collections. [2]
Tess Boudreau died in 2007 in Guelph, Ontario. [2]
In 2016, her work was included in the exhibition Form Follows Fiction: Art and Artists in Toronto curated by Luis Jacob for the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at the University of Toronto Art Centre. [4]