Selwyn Pullan: Positioning the New Photographs from 1945 - 1975

Selwyn Pullan: Positioning the New, presents a comprehensive survey of the work of Canadian photographer Selwyn Pullan, who studied at the Los Angeles Art Center, graduating in 1950. Architectural photography, then a relatively new profession, had emerged in parallel to modernism and the advances in architecture in North America during the the late 1930's, and Pullan found his niche in this genre. Pullan's photographs promoted the new style to a populace eager to embrace a modern way of living. This retrospective demonstrates the photographer's intimate connection to the development of modernism on the West Coast of Canada and highlights the social, economic, and cultural forces that changed the face of Vancouver and the region during the post-war boom.

June 3 to July 19, 2009
Charles H. Scott Gallery
Emily Carr University of Art + Design

The exhibition is organized by the West Vancouver Museum.