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 Details
A Winter's Day (O-Pipon-Na-Piwin)
Hrenchuk, Carl, 1981 DetailsBullet Through Banana
Harold Edgerton, 1985 DetailsElizabeth, Paris
André Kertész, 1931 DetailsMadrid
Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1933 DetailsVillage grave, Commemoration day, April, 1995
David McMillan, from the series Chernobyl, 1995 DetailsBasketball court, Pripyat, October, 1994
David McMillan, from the series Chernobyl, 1994 DetailsSteam Tractor and Threshing Machine on the Canadian Prairies
Unidentified artist (Canadian), c. 1915 DetailsAv. des Champs Elysees, Paris (Chairs of Paris, Paris)
André Kertész, 1930 DetailsLost Cloud, New York
André Kertész, 1937 DetailsMines #15, Inco-Tailings Pond, Sudbury, Ontario
Edward Burtynsky, from the series Breaking Ground, Mines, 1985 DetailsCircus, Budapest
André Kertész, 1920 DetailsThe Delegate, Portage and Main, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jeffrey M. Thomas, from the series Indians on Tour, 2005 DetailsDistortion No 82, Paris
André Kertész, 1933 DetailsOil Fields #9, McKittrick, California
Edward Burtynsky, from the series Oil Refineries / Fields, 2002 DetailsTo plan your visit, check out wag.ca/visit
