The Gallery began collecting photography and video art in a serious way in the 1980s. Today the Gallery’s collections number 1,500 photos and videos, including work by major international figures such as Andre Kertesz, Alexander Rodchenko, Edward Steichen, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Irvin Penn, Harold Edgerton, and Diane Arbus. In addition, WAG-Qaumajuq holds a strong collection of contemporary Canadian and American photography by artists like Ken Lum, Lynne, Cohen, Suzy Lake, Joan Jonas, Ian Wallace, Evergon, and Edward Burtynsky. WAG-Qaumajuq is also home to photographic and video work by nationally and internationally regarded Manitoba photographers including David McMillan, John Paskievich, Diana Thorneycroft, Larry Glawson, William Eakin, and Sarah Anne Johnson.
Works in the Collection
Oil Fields #27, Texas City, Texas
Edward Burtynsky, from the series Oil Refineries / Fields, 2004 DetailsOil Refineries #28, Houston, Texas
Edward Burtynsky, from the series Oil Refineries / Fields, 2004 DetailsTouraine
André Kertész, 1930 DetailsRock of Ages #3, Abandoned Marble Quarry, Near Rutland, Vermont
Edward Burtynsky, from the series Quarries, 1991 DetailsThe Delegate at Brandon, Manitoba, "Canada Day", Railroad Yard
Jeffrey M. Thomas, from the series Indians on Tour, 2005 DetailsDistortion No 82, Paris
André Kertész, 1933 Details[Ralph] Guldahl (Single Flash after Contact)
Harold Edgerton, 1977 DetailsFeng Jie #8, Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China
Edward Burtynsky, from the series China - Three Gorges Dam Project, 2002 DetailsAv. des Champs Elysees, Paris (Chairs of Paris, Paris)
André Kertész, 1930 DetailsReal Clochards, Paris
André Kertész, 1926 DetailsBengali Labourer
Cecil Beaton, c. 1943 DetailsDistortion #48, Paris
André Kertész, 1933 DetailsDistortion #6, Paris
André Kertész, 1933 DetailsAncestral 2
Meryl McMaster, from the series Ancestral, 2008 DetailsChez Mondrian, Paris
André Kertész, 1926 DetailsWAG-Qaumajuq is open regular hours, see our tips for visiting here.
