IndyFoto My other website- mostly MUSIC photography - current and archived, film festival coverage, political documentary work (labelled "Global Issues") and photos for the Quebec Writer's Federation. Oh yeah- and weddings, because
we all have to eat once in a while...
Virtual Museum of Quebec Photography: NEW! Database of
Quebec Photographers This French language site contains an impressive amount of photography, spanning the careers of many of Quebec's most influential
photographers.Note:
It includes over 80 examples of my work (1978- present), however I am incorrectly listed as, "Dawn Hammond, Linda" in the search.
Vagrant
Gaze: Photography by New York City
Homeless. "The Vagrant Gaze Web Site is
dedicated to supplying a voice for those residents of New York
City who typically go unheard." A virtual home for those without.
This amazing project was conceived of by Columbia U. doctoral
student, Michael
Rennick. When I first saw it, I assumed
that Michael was a photographer dealing in a creative way with the
moral dilemma of appropriation of voice, by offering a camera and
film to those who would in more likely circumstances be the
subject of the gaze. The images are poignant and compelling, and
match the work of any contemporary photographer one might see in a
gallery. The stories which accompany them are brutally honest.
This site serves as an inspiration to those who conceive of the
web as a forum for advanced communication rather than a mere
vehicle of commercialism.
Women in Photography International Archive(WIP) The site contains archives
concerning the role of women in photography globally.The
collection holds 8,300 works by more than 500 women photographers,
contemporary and historic. Information includes: commercial and
amateur photographers, fine-art and performance photographers,
photojournalists, feminist imagemakers and filmmakers, and
"Photo-related" activities and professions such as studio
bookkeepers, retouchers and colorists and Kodak refinishers.
Current resources hold more than 18,000 biographical files on
female photographers; 2,000 books and 4,000 articles "by and
about" women photographers; and approximately 8,300 vintage
photographs.
David Barker Maltby (November 12, 1962 - May 17, 2001) Some of his last photos, taken at the Quebec Summit protest. David
subsequently died of meningitis upon his return to Toronto. David is greatly missed by his family, friends and the people whose causes he championed through his photography. He was a dedicated activist, a wonderful photographer and a true and loyal friend.
Jeff Winch's's website, featuring
documentary photography, installations and video work. Great photo series on a retirement home, and another on
the zoo animal/spectator relationship. Obviously derived from pristine negs!
Marko
Kulik's website, featuring his own
fine art photography as well as the fine art photography of other
primarily Canadian artists.
Note:
Four images from my
Schattenspiel
Tarot series are currently featured in the
section entitled,
OTHER ARTISTS
Bulldog Products Longevity tests Ever wonder just how long those digital prints will last before they fade?
Tests and ratings of digital papers and inks- invaluable!
Years of Print Display Before Noticeable Fading Occurs
FILM
Filmmaker
Hunt Hoe's
website: Montreal
filmmaker- Information and images pertaining
to his documentary and narrative works, such as the acclaimed
"SEDUCING MAARYA" and
"FOREIGN GHOSTS."
Note:
The first commercial web site I designed.
INDYFOTO MUSIC Linda Dawn Hammond's Music Photography
website: My Punk, alternative, rock and hardcore music photography, backstage and onstage, from '77 to now!
Also other stuff- such as blues, jazz etc., but the focus was my particular scene- punk.
Shot in Toronto, New York, Montreal and Europe (to a lesser degree due to geographics).
TO COME- club scene photos- as the bands were important, but the people WERE THE SCENE
(whether the "punk historians" want to believe that or not).
REBEL REBELLE- PUNKS & PROVOCATEURS
:REBEL REBELLE- PUNKS & PROVOCATEURS is a photography exhibit of LINDA DAWN HAMMOND, AKA Dawn One.
It features over 250 photos taken from the perspective of a participant in the punk scene, from 1978 to the present day.
Portrayed are people and bands from interweaving punk, alternative, hardcore, Goth and gay scenes, in Montreal, Toronto, NYC, and Europe.
MUSIC (BANDS)
THE
AMERICAN DEVICESwebsite:"Too artsy farsty for the punky
wunkies, too punky wunky for the artsy fartsies!" Twentieth
Anniversary of this Montreal Punk band. Band member Rick Trembles,
also a cartoonist of note and notoriety (see
COMIX),
seizes the moment and RANTS!!! Go to Indyfoto.com for photos!
THE
YOUNG GODSwebsite: Great Swiss rock band! Go to Indyfoto.com for photos!
REAL GONEwebsite: Original Canadian Rockabilly band!
THE
HELLMARYS website: Toronto based heavy rock band! Trevor is currently looking for new band members! Check out his amazing
music on this site and give him a call (serious musicians only).
THE
SNITCHES website: Longtime Montreal favourite Go to Indyfoto.com for photos!
SIMON FINN's
website: A talented and delightfully quirky UK singer/songwriter from the 60s, who's been hiding out in Montreal (was my next-door neighbour on St.Laurent for years) and was recently rediscovered by the world!
Gives all of us neglected and discouraged artists hope!!! I designed his 2004-2006 website, no longer up but the screenshots still exist: CV.
SEX TOYSOne of Norman Nawrocki's latest performance projects. I shot his publicity photos, which are on the site and are quite funny! Norman is a longstanding, founding member of "Rhythm Activism",
also linked to his "Sex Toys" site.
TTGOr... Two Tall Guys! Wizards of sound for movies and animations! And members of Toronto improv band,"The Anti-Gravity Janitors". Longo Hai, former guitarist for the Look People, composed the soundscape for "Schattenspiel", my thesis installation.
http://www.punk77.co.uk/index.htm
Punk History Canada
website: dedicated to honor the Punk years of 1977-1987
Stories, photos, posters,and comraderie! PLUS they respond to emails!!
Jam! Music's Canadian Music
Encyclopedia website: "Written by Toronto-based music writers Jaimie &
Sharon Vernon, this database chronicles the history
of 1,200 Canadian contemporary music artists from
the 1950s to the present.
(Ahem...) Every entry includes an extensive artist and/ or band
biography as well as a comprehensive discography.
(Well, not really... and these guys NEVER
answer emails containing missing info or unmentioned bands.
But it's still a worthwhile site to check!)
Punk Rock UK
website: Punk Rock from the source-
Stories, photos, history, music, great links!
LITERATURE
Tess
Fragoulis' website:
Montreal author of the provocative work,
"Stories to Hide from Your Mother."
Ann Diamond's website:
Acclaimed Montreal author extends this invitation:
"For a good time, visit CLUB MONA - World's only underwater strip club"
Left Bank Books Collective:
distributes radical,
independent and hard-to-find literature to individuals
worldwide.
Jack Ruttan's
site... The Thousand Storey Dept. Store! Comix, stories and more in that department!
MEDIA
George Monbiot:
Brilliant award winning journalist and writer! Essays in his archives range in topic from war to education to the environment. His reporting skills are unequalled.
"Tell people something they know already and they will thank you for it. Tell them something new and they will hate you for it."
INDY Media:
Independent and uncensored News Reports from around the globe! Submit your own!
ZNet:
Z is an independent political magazine of critical thinking on political, cultural, social, and economic
life in the United States. It sees the racial, sexual,
political, and class dimensions of personal life as
fundamental to understanding and improving
contemporary circumstances and it aims to assist
activist efforts to attain a better future.
Citizens on the Web News:
Independent and uncensored News Reports on global and local Toronto issues! Intense!
Commondreams:
Independent and uncensored News Reports on global and local Toronto issues! Intense!
CounterPunch:CounterPunch "is the bi-weekly muckraking newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair. Twice a month
we bring our readers the stories that the corporate press never prints. We aren't side-line journalists here at CounterPunch.
Ours is muckraking with a radical attitude and nothing makes us happier than when CounterPunch readers write in to say
how useful they've found our newsletter in their battles against the war machine, big business and the rapers of nature."
The Independent:
Excellent UK based paper, home base of one of my favourite journalists, Robert Fisk- the eminent Middle East journalist. Unfortunately his articles have recently
become part of the new pay-per-view section, however there are many other excellent writers who can still be accessed on this site, no charge. Besides, Fisk articles can be found, no charge, at Counterpunch (above!)
YEAR ZERO ONE
FORUM: ISSUE#5
:SEARCHING FOR NOURISHMENT IN THE LAND OF
CYBER-TOAST: Report from
the Festival International Nouveau Cinema Nouveaux Medias.
Note:
Reviewed by
Sasha
Wentges,
Photos by
Linda Dawn
Hammond YEAR ZERO
ONE provides a forum for dialogue about
contemporary art practice and digital culture through on-line
critical reviews, essays and news.
GUARDIAN
WEEKLY: Best
English language weekly I know of! Order a SUBSCRIPTION!
HRC
HyperMedia Research Centre (UK) is "...a loose collective of artists,
artisans, writers, academics, designers and other assorted persons
trying to find the time to develop hypermedia as an
artform."
Based at the U. of Westminster in London , UK, HRC
is part of the design and media department at the Harrow campus.
The MA in Hypermedia studies is a post-graduate course for the
artist-engineers of the digital future.
Studio XX
Montreal based collective of female digital artists, academia nuts, divas and techies! Bilingual, even! XX offers subsidized cyber courses, fun soirees and on-line events, including my documentation of Hayley Newman in performance.
Favourite BLOGS
Utopia Moment
:Musings and sketches from a writer/illustrator. Reviews of books,
movies, visual art, and alternative comic-related things.
KNOT undone
:What happens to punk activists when they grow up? They often don't- and morph into something like me. I am a photo-journalist, therefore this blog concerns itself with issues involving politics, photography and survival tactics- some working, others knot. Postings of opinions, info and a daily photo.
REBEL REBELLE- PUNKS & PROVOCATEURS
:REBEL REBELLE- PUNKS & PROVOCATEURS is a photography exhibit of LINDA DAWN HAMMOND, AKA Dawn One,
The BLOG exhibit with text begins January, 2005- Exhibit Photos and essays,
bi-weekly update on the BLOG site as the printing for the show progresses! Actual exhibit to be held in Montreal at the Foufounes Electriques in April 2005.
It features over 100 photos taken from the perspective of a participant in the punk scene, from 1978 to the present.
Portrayed are people and bands from interweaving punk, alternative, hardcore, Goth and gay scenes, in Montreal, Toronto, NYC, and Europe.
PostSecret
:Brilliant and funny, not to mention poignant and occasionally frightening. People were asked to mail a postcard
revealing an innermost secret anonymously. Can't praise this enough!
Recommended SEARCH
ENGINES
GOOGLE:
My personal favourite! A thankfully restrained first page, easy
to navigate. And I almost always find what I'm looking for! Current AND CACHED pages (helpful when an article is no longer
currently posted, and it also highlights the key words you're searching with!).
