Artist: Talia Eylon
Title: Leopard Mirror, part of the series ample and generous
Date: 2009
Dimensions: 40x40”
Medium: Giclée

Description: As you, the viewer, are confronted with Chandi Désirée Esmé, a morbidly obese model, you are pushed to contemplate issues of sexuality, gender and size. The photographer investigates the distinction between what is accepted as attractive and healthy against that which is understood to be unattractive or even repulsive.

Bio: Talia Eylon graduated from Ryerson University with a BFA in Photography. Her work has been included in various publications and exhibited throughout Toronto. You’ll love her.
ask.talia@taliaeylon.com

Artist: Alison Snowball
Title: Round & Round [She Goes]
Date: 2009
Dimensions: 13x13" framed
Medium: Digital chromogenic prints

Description: Often, the whole is illuminated only with the brilliance of hindsight. Kinetic forces of motion and change redraw borders and reshape lines, in staunch defiance of definition until - natural or otherwise - a conclusion is reached. My mom and I were in Athens when doctors discovered the tumour in her brain. With the forces at play, with our roles reversed, I mostly walked behind her. It was the beginning of her end and the end of my beginning. In memory of Margie Snowball [1952-2010].

Bio: Alison Snowball is an independent artist, writer, and curator. From and based in Toronto, she was born at Women's College Hospital in 1981.
416 456 4966

Artist: Larry Rossignol
Title: Elderly Woman, Havana
Date: July 2006
Dimensions: 19x25" framed
Medium: Inkjet on Maidstone 320 fibre paper

Description: I encountered this elderly woman while strolling through Central Havana. A lifetime of work and hardship was etched into her face but her posture was erect and she walked with an almost willowy grace. I asked if I could shoot her and she readily complied.

Bio: Larry Rossignol is a graphic designer, law school graduate, jazz festival director, frisbee golf champion, arctic explorer, world traveller, family man and amateur photographer from Toronto.
larry@rossignoldesign.com | 647-224-5200

Artist: Dawn
Title: What we were, remains.
Date: 2010-2011
Dimensions: 15x24” framed
Medium: Inkjet print

Description: Mine are images of observation, appreciation and respect. They are to open our eyes and minds and they are to inspire those who are looking – to feel.

Bio: I’m a student of my heritage and of art. My Mohawk ancestry is my inspiration and focus. Art enables me to express my respect for the culture.
www.naturallydawn.com

Artist: Caitlin Baker
Title: 'For RJB', from the series 'Phyllis'
Date: 2010
Dimensions: 16x16”
Medium: Archival inkjet print

Artist: Caitlin Baker
Title: 'Wood', from the series 'Phyllis'
Date: 2010
Dimensions: 16x16”
Medium: Archival inkjet print

Artist: Caitlin Baker
Title: 'Burlap', from the series 'Phyllis'
Date: 2010
Dimensions: 16x16”
Medium: Archival inkjet print

Artist: Caitlin Baker
Title: 'Mother', from the series 'Phyllis'
Date: 2010
Dimensions: 16x16”
Medium: Archival inkjet print

Description: My great aunt Phyllis was a vibrant woman who spent her adult life fending for herself in the forest of Northwestern Ontario. Although Phyllis would chop her own wood and gather supplies for her own survival, she held onto traditional feminine past-times such as writing poetry about nature and sewing. Using the objects and notebook Phyllis left behind, I am exploring the subtle tension of her life in a time when gender roles were just beginning to shift.

Bio: Originally from Kenora, Ontario, Caitlin left the lakes and trees to become a culture creator. She is a recent graduate of OCAD University’s Photography program.
caitlinlauraphoto@gmail.com

Artists: Elida Schogt with Guntar Kravis
Title: Liquid State
Date: 2006
Dimensions: 16x24"
Medium: C-print

Description: My mother’s trauma of losing her parents in the Holocaust eclipsed my childhood. Growing up, I often imagined being both victim and survivor – sometimes dying, sometimes living. In the meantime, my own unsettling childhood memories became submerged in a subconscious undertow.

Bio: Elida Schogt is a filmmaker and media artist who often uses science and history to explore questions of how the personal intersects with collective processes.
eschogt@yorku.ca

Artist: Gaëtanne Sylvester
Title: Petite perles
Date: 2007
 Dimensions:  22x28"
Medium: Inkjet print

Description: Sofia is a digital composition/collage based on my photograph and images of lace.  Lace presents us with a duality, it reveals while it conceals, it decorates while it restrains.  Lace, familiar and accessible, becomes symbolic of the genome, fertility, sexuality, and the social reality of a mother today.

Bio: Gaëtanne Sylvester is a multi-media who is active in her Winnipeg art community. The social implications of the genome, fertility, and femininity inspire her research.
gaetsyl@mts.net

Artist: Moe Laverty
Title: Elizabeth, Alley
Date: October 2008
Dimensions: 12x18"
Medium: Inkjet print

Artist: Moe Laverty
Title: Flare, Alley
Date: November 2008
Dimensions: 12x18"
Medium: Inkjet print

Artist: Moe Laverty
Title: Niko, Alley
Date: July 2008
Dimensions: 12x18"
Medium: Inkjet print

Description: "Boy Oh Boi" takes a look at gender. Gender affects every aspect of our lives, including health care. Not conforming to gender norms can affect ones health care even further.

Bio: Moe Laverty is a Toronto-based photographer. She studied photography at both George Brown College and Ryerson University. She's mostly drawn to landscape imagery.
moe@moelaverty.com | www.moelavertyphotography.com

Artist: Michelle Gibson
Title:  Infertility
Date: February, 2009
Dimensions: 16x20” framed
Medium: Giclee on museum etching Hahnemuhle fine art paper

Description:  Self portrait taken in early 2009. The realization of the difficulty of trying to conceive after a few years of progressive treatment and the premonition of more aggressive procedures to come in the future.

Bio: Michelle is currently a freelance editorial, stock and fine art photographer living in Toronto.  Her images have been exhibited at various venues in Toronto and San Francisco. She has completed editorial assignments for UofT, St. Michaels Hospital and Guelph University. 
michelle@michellegibsonphoto.com
www.michellegibsonphoto.com

Artist: Sophie Hogan
Title: Wendy
36 years old
1 child
Date: 2009
Dimensions: 23.5x28.5” framed
Medium: Resin coated photographic prints

Artist: Sophie Hogan
Title: Julie
24 years old
No children
Date: 2009
Dimensions: 23.5x28.5” framed
Medium: Resin coated photographic prints

Artist: Sophie Hogan
Title: Antoinette
30 years old
3 children
Date: 2009
Dimensions: 23.5x28.5” framed
Medium: Resin coated photographic prints

Description: The Body Image Project was created by photographing 20 women as full frontal nudes and then allowing the subject to alter her own image to answer the question, "How do you feel about your body?". Initially created to show women a wider range of the female form, it progressed into displaying the many templates that are part of our inner reflections.

Bio: Sophie Hogan studied Photography at Ryerson University. The Body Image Project opened her eyes to the power of collaborating with her subjects and project based work. Night Shots is the working title of her recent project which focuses on teenagers in rural communities.
www.sophiehoganphotography.com

Artist: Jasper Savage
Title: Eye Spy, from the series Immortal Beloved
Date: March 2010
Dimensions: 30x42” framed

Artist: Jasper Savage
Title: 375, from the series Immortal Beloved
Date: May 2011
Dimensions: 30x42” framed

Artist: Jasper Savage
Title: Frost and Glow, from the series Immortal Beloved
Date: March 2011
Dimensions: 30x42” framed

Description: This series of photographs, were taken while my aunt was undergoing treatment for breast cancer.   She is 37 years old with 2 daughters: 13 and 18.  Apart from her going to Chemo, and having little side effects, there was little evidence of Cancer.  She was still a mother and this was what I wanted to capture: the relationship of a mother, daughter and the giant elephant in the room.

Bio: Jasper Savage (b.1989) graduated with honours in 2010 from Applied Photography at Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Design.  Jasper is currently working from Toronto, Ontario. 
savagejasper@gmail.com

Artists: Carole Condé + Karl Beveridge
Title: Ill Wind: Clerical, Oshawa
Date: 2001
Dimensions: 18.25x28.5"
Medium: Inkjet digital print

Artists: Carole Condé + Karl Beveridge
Title: Ill Wind: Nurses, Oshawa
Date: 2001
Dimensions: 18.25x28.5"
Medium: Inkjet digital print

Description: Ill Wind, 2001
Ill Wind was produced with health care workers in Ontario. The workers visualized both the work they do and their concerns about their jobs. The underlying theme was their ability to provide the care their patients needed and the stress they experience by the rising demands of the job.

Bio: Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge have collaborated with various community organizations in the production of their staged photographic work over the past 30 years. 

Artist: ARTIFACTS (Pam Patterson & Leena Raudvee)
Title: In/Valid (series)
Date: 2005
Dimensions: 13x19” each

Description: This work speaks to the many recorded and unrecorded statistics, statements, and stories that describe women’s experiences with chronic/critical illnesses and cancer in the health care system. The assumed passivity of women is troubling as are the hidden agendas that fuel this assumption. ARTIFACTS’ process was that of scrutiny - recovering that which has been discarded, left out, or rarely said.

Bio: ARTIFACTS, formed by Pam Patterson and Leena Raudvee, produces collaborative inter-disciplinary performances, installations and exhibits that are informed by women's issues and concerns.

Artist: Lillian Sly R.M.
Title: Labour
Dimensions: 18x22” framed
Medium: Silver gelatin print on fibre paper

Description: I've been privileged to attend births since 1979. As as a friend, morphing into apprentice lay midwife. Registered midwife in B.C. since 1998. Photography is my creative outlet. B&W film, traditional and alternative/historic printing methods are my media of choice.

Bio: As a registered midwife practising in British Columbia since the 1980's, Lillian has been privileged to welcome hundreds of babies into the world. Her passion and path to midwifery began after attending a friend's home birth. Her passion for photography began in my late teens.
lsly@shaw.ca

Artist: Laura Barrón
Title: “Lunar Corporeal I”
Date: 2011
Dimensions: 7x 8” framed

Artist: Laura Barrón
“Lunar Corporeal II”
Date: 2011
Dimensions: 7x 8” framed

Artist: Laura Barrón
“Lunar Corporeal III”
Date: 2011
Dimensions: 7x 8” framed

Artist: Laura Barrón
“Lunar Corporeal IV”
Date: 2011
Dimensions: 7x 8” framed

Artist: Laura Barrón
“Lunar Corporeal V”
Date: 2011
Dimensions: 7x 8” framed

Description: Lunar Corporeal, is a series of photographs that uses body remains (specifically, my own hair clippings) to evoke lunar landscapes and comment on women’s biological cycles in connection with the cycles of the moon.

Bio: Laura Barrón is a Mexican-Canadian photo and video based artist, her work has been widely exhibited and published in Mexico, South America, the US and Canada.
www.laurabarron.ca

Artist: Hoda Ghods
Title: Being There #1
Date: 2009
Dimensions: 32x44” framed
Medium: Inkjet print

Description: In these works I have tried to portray the challenges of identity and how contributes to wellness and health for immigrant women. Having a strong identity or feeling “connected” is linked to important facts of community life and wellness.

Artist: Hoda Ghods
Title: Being There #2
Date: 2009
Dimensions: 32x44” framed
Medium: Inkjet print

Description: These works explore the experiences of immigrant women and the changes of sense of identity they experience through the relocation process. The process of immigration from one country to another brings about complex and multifaceted psychosocial effects that are significant and lasting on an individual’s identity.

Artist: Hoda Ghods
Title: Being There #3
Date: 2009
Dimensions: 32x44” framed
Medium: Inkjet print

Description: When people ask me where I am from, I have different answer for different people on different days.

Bio: Hoda Ghods is a photo-based artist. She is currently working and living in Toronto and has finished her BFA recently from York University.

Artist: James Azzopardi
Title: "Nana and Rachel"
Date: Summer 2010
Dimensions: 20x24” framed

Description: Williamson's Lake is a spring fed man made lake that was originally dug out to harvest it's natural clay. The cold water runs very clear and fish now live in it. We have been swimming here since Rachel was very small. Water has always been her element. She and her Nana are very close.

Artist: James Azzopardi
Title: "Rachel at her Survivor Party"
Date: Summer 2010
Dimensions: 20x24” framed

Description: Rachel threw a theme party for herself and her friends that was modeled after the reality show "Survivor". This included inventing games to play and compete in. The location is a farm the family calls Inksetter's. It too, is spring fed and runs clean. A great place for kids to grow up, using their imagination, dreaming up other worlds and being active.

Bio: James Azzopardi shares his time between working in the Toronto film/TV business and raising his daughter with her mother on a dairy farm near Cambridge, Ontario.
james1970tilnow@yahoo.ca
www.snapshottwin.tumblr.com | 416.939.6945

Artist: Yalda Pashai
Title: Untitled 02, from the series Scars Don’t Heal
Date: 2009
Dimensions: 13x13” framed
Medium: Inkjet prints

Artist: Yalda Pashai
Title: Untitled 05, from the series Scars Don’t Heal
Date: 2009
Dimensions: 13x13” framed
Medium: Inkjet prints

Artist: Yalda Pashai
Title: Untitled 07, from the series Scars Don’t Heal
Date: 2009
Dimensions: 13x13” framed
Medium: Inkjet prints
Inkjet prints

Artist: Yalda Pashai
Title: Untitled 08, from the series Scars Don’t Heal
Date: 2009
Dimensions: 13x13” framed
Medium: Inkjet prints

Description: This woman (anonymous), shares the story of her personal experience involving her ordeal with Uterus cancer. What was suppose to be a simple procedure, due to medical negligence, led to several surgeries, which took her close to the end of her life. She still recovers from her post-traumatic stress caused by numerous invasive procedures that took place on the month of June in 2009.

Bio: Yalda Pashai has been naturally innovative and desires for knowledge in arts; documentary and photojournalism is the perfect career path. In April 2011 Yalda completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts, specializing in Photography Studies at Ryerson University.
www.yaldapashai.com
image@yaldapashai.com | 647.888.9059

Artist: Elaine Whittaker
Title:  Renée – Malaria
Date: 2007
Dimensions: 22x29"
Medium: Inkjet print

Description:  A young girl disconcertingly clasps a microscopic slide in her mouth. Does she have this disease that kills so many young people? Or is she about to get it? A label of malaria: a  dreaded label of disease.

Bio: Elaine Whittaker’s art practice of photography, sculpture, and installation, intersects art, science, medicine, and the environment. She exhibits nationally and internationally, and is represented by Red Head Gallery in Toronto.
elainetwhittaker@gmail.com

Artist: Katrina Jennifer Bedford
Title: Mother - 1948 - 2010
Date: June 19, 2010, 4:22 pm
Dimensions: 15x20” framed
Medium: Archival digital print

Description: This photograph was taken shortly after her initial palliative whole brain radiation session. Her hair is shorn in preparation of her hair falling out as a side effect from radiation.  She is now a prisoner of this cruel disease. She remains calm and focuses on a way to escape the horror that has become her new reality

Artist: Katrina Jennifer Bedford
Title: Primus 2, Day 1
Date: June 19, 2010, 4:06 pm
Dimensions: 15x20” framed
Medium: Archival digital print

Description: This is the first time she wore her immobilization mask.  The mask is made from thermoplastic; it is warmed to body temperature in water and then it was stretched over her face and head until it cooled.  It fit very tightly so that she could not move while the radiation was being administered to her brain.

Artist: Katrina Jennifer Bedford
Title: Treatment Planning: left front tibia
Date: June 21, 2010, 11:35 am
Dimensions: 15x20” framed
Medium: Archival digital print

Description: A natural ham, she always had a sense of humour.  This photo depicts treatment planning for palliative radiation for cancer in the lower leg.  A custom mould is created to help keep her left leg in the same position for each daily session. Permanent  tattoos were also applied that day to help the technologist align the appendage for the five days of radiation that she was prescribed by her oncologist.

Artist: Katrina Jennifer Bedford
Title: Primus 2, Day Two
Date: June 20, 2010, 12:47 pm
Dimensions: 15x20” framed
Medium: Archival digital print

Description: Freed from her mask she sits up from the bed of the linear accelerator looking determined after her second day of whole brain radiation therapy. 

Artist: Katrina Jennifer Bedford
Title: Primus 2, Day 1
Date: June 19, 2010, 4:07 pm
Dimensions: 15x20” framed
Medium: Archival digital print

Description: Before her first radiation treatment the technologist very carefully marks the mask with tape and marker to ensure accurate positioning for each radiation session.  It was the longest that she would have to wear this piece of restrictive gear. In total she had five sessions, over five consecutive days with intense cumulative effect. The fallout occurred two weeks after when she started losing her hair.

Bio: I am a Canadian artist based in Kitchener, Ontario. I have an Honours BA degree combined in Multimedia and Visual Art from McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. I also studied Applied Photography at Sheridan College, Oakville, ON. My photographs have been shown in Canada and the United States, and my photo documentation has been published in Azure magazine, Border Crossings, Canadian Art online, and C Magazine.

www.kjbedford.com | 519.208.5548

Artist: Katherine Hartel
Title: Surrounded by Love
Date: September 2010
Dimensions: 16x20” framed
Medium: C-print

Description: This photograph of our daughter taken on the day before our grandson’s birth represents the care,   partnership, love and commitment that women have experienced with the medical teams at WCH during the birthing process; just as I had experienced in `84 during complications with the pregnancy of our third child.

Bio: A graduate of Queen’s University B.F.A (studio program); raised a family; worked in the electronics industry. After driving across Canada and the US to live in Jerome, Arizona in 2009, I reconnected with my creativity and resumed my art practice full time.
katherine.hartel@gmail.com | 416-357-6820

Artists: performed by Manon Lizé and photographed by Marianne Lizé-Dumoulin
Title: "Dislocation"
Date: June 2006
Dimensions: 17x23”
Medium: Ultra Chrome K3 ink on Hahmemühle Photo Rag 308

Description: Action performed with the group Au Travail / At Work for the event called “Dislocation”, organized by Dare Dare in Montreal, production of the capsules “Hangover” and “Veg up” in process.

Bio: Since 2006, my work is mostly centered around interaction with the public. Under the name of Mitchella Repens, I produce herbal pills to show people other ways to heal themselves. This relational aesthetic enlightens people to contemporary herbal medicine practices.
fluidemedia@yahoo.fr

Artist: Jeane Fabb
Title: Healing journey: light, care and time (triptych)
Date: 2010
Dimensions: 81x93cm each
Medium: Archival inkjet

Description: After a major operation, I spent a lot of time watching the play of sunlight and moonlight in the forest through the window by my bed. This ever-shifting image became my beacon and healing energy. On the summer solstice, feeling stronger, I went outside to the forest and sat in the changing light of morning, noon and evening.

Bio: Jeane Fabb has lived in rural Québec for 30+ years developing a place-specific art practice that explores ecological issues and holistic thinking/action with a particular focus on women’s relationship to the land.
jeane@jeanefabb.ca