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Like migratory birds, most of Canada's 20,000 ?guest? farm workers
arrive in the spring and leave in the autumn. Hailing primarily
from Mexico, Jamaica, and smaller countries of the Caribbean, these
temporary workers have become entrenched in the Canadian labour
force and are the mainstay of many traditional family farms in
Canada. Many of them make the trip year after year after year.
Vincenzo Pietropaolo has been photographing guest workers and
recording their stories since 1984 ? in the process travelling to
forty locations throughout Ontario and to their homes in Mexico,
Jamaica, and Montserrat. The resulting photographs have been highly
acclaimed internationally through many publications and
exhibitions, including a travelling show curated by the Canadian
Museum of Contemporary Photography that opened in Mexico City.
With a foreword by Naomi Rosenblum, this beautiful and timely book
of photography and exposition aims to shed light on a subject about
which many Canadians know all too little.
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Night Cage Vol. 1 (Paperback)
C. Michael Forsyth; Illustrated by Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Vincenzo Pietropaulo
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R644
Discovery Miles 6 440
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For too long people with intellectual disabilities have been shut
out of most societies around the world, or more accurately, they
have been shut in-forcibly confined in mental institutions, quietly
hidden inside their families' homes, isolated from public view as
much as possible, and prevented from achieving the full potential
that any human being inherently enjoys. "Invisible No More" rights
this wrong.
Renowned photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo presents a moving
photographic chronicle-a celebration-filled with more than one
hundred dynamic images and thirty evocative stories of people with
intellectual disabilities, those who may have been born with Down
syndrome, autism, or who are "otherwise abled."
"Invisible No More" offers a collective portrait of individuals
who perhaps live down the street from us, but we hardly know they
are there; people at whom we glance furtively on a bus, unsure how
to behave toward them; girls and boys, men and women who by their
"different" behavior and physical looks make us feel uncomfortable.
Pietropaolo's photos tell their stories, his words provide the
context of their lives. Respect resonates on every page as he
welcomes us into the daily lives of families and individuals who,
in his words, "make raindrops, dance with wheelchairs, walk in the
park, perform piano concerts, work for a living, and navigate
through all the traffic ahead."
Since 1996, in more than a dozen cities, labour and community
groups have organised some of the largest and most creative
demonstrations in recent Canadian history. The Days of Action have
been a vital force to dislodge the Tory government of Mike Harris,
and its "common-sense revolution." With photographs from all the
events, this book celebrates the achievement of large-scale,
peaceful, and meaningful protest. Vincenzo Pietropaolo has been
documenting social change movements in Canada for years and his
keen professional eye brings to this book a wonderful sense of life
and humour.
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