Terrace. BC, photographer Talon Gillis, describes the challenges of environmental portriature in a small town at the 2016 North West Photo Fest in Kitimat, August 6, 2016. (Robin Rowland)
Kitimat. BC, held the second annual North West Photo Fest on the weekend of August 5 and 6, 2016, a celebration of photography in Northwestern British Columbia.
North West Photo Fest 2016 poster.
In 2015, The Kitimat Museum & Archives held a successful exhibit, “Local Lens” that featured the work of photographers in Kitimat. As summer visitors viewed the photos at the museum gallery, Kitimat’s photographers and their friends and supporters began to meet to plan an expanded photo festival that would celebrate all aspects of photography in the northwest, nature, industrial, photo journalism, portraiture, fine art and street photography.
For the 2016 exhibit, invitations were sent across the north west and photographers from Haida Gwaii, to Prince Rupert and Kitimat and on to Telkwa entered images.
Preparing to hang the pictures at the Kitimat Museum & Archives. (Robin Rowland)Preparing to hang the pictures at the Kitimat Museum & Archives. (Robin Rowland)The opening of the North West Photo Fest exhibit at the Kitimat Museum & Archives, August 5, 2016. (Robin Rowland)Visitors line up to see the photo s at the opening of the North West Photo Fest exhibit at the Kitimat Museum & Archives, August 5, 2016. (Robin Rowland)
Guest speakers Paul Colangelo and Andy Clark look at museum exhibits during the opening of the North West Photo Fest exhibit at the Kitimat Museum & Archives, August 5, 2016. (Robin Rowland)North West Photo Fest
The exhibit runs from August 5 to August 27m 2016.
Viewers at the North West Photo Fest exhibit opening. (Robin Rowland)
The seminars and workshops were held at Riverlodge Recreation Centre on Saturday. August 6, 2016.
Talon Gillis and Doug Keech discuss the challenges of portraits in a small town at North West Photo Fest. ( Robin Rowland)Walter Thorne of the Kitimat Valley Naturalists talks about observing and photographing birds at North West Photo Fest. (Robin Rowland)
Darlene Tait won the grand door prize, a large Nanuk outdoor case. (Walter McFarlane)
Journalist Walter McFarlane won a watertight Nanuk case at the North West Photo Fest. (Robin Rowland)Tawnia Penson won $100 worth of processing from Vancouver’s Photo Expert. while consultant Ali Ledgerwood and co-chair Robin Rowland work in the background. (Walter McFarlane)Ruth Mills of the Minette Bay Lodge was host for the post workshop barbecue. (Robin Rowland)
Dusk at the creek at the Minette Bay Lodge taken during an after dinner walk . (Robin Rowland)
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