Tess Boudreau

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Tess Boudreau
Born
Therese Boudreau

1919
Nova Scotia
Died2007
NationalityCanadian
Known forPhotography
Spouse(s)Kryn Taconis

Tess Boudreau, also known as Tess Boudreau-Taconis, (1919-2007) was a Canadian photographer. Boudreau was known for her documentary photography and portraits of other artists.[1]

Career[]

Tess Boudreau was born in Nova Scotia, and lived there and in Montreal, and Paris. In Paris, she worked for Henri Cartier-Bresson as a caption writer for his photographs.[2] She was a professional darkroom technician. In 1950, she met her husband, Kryn Taconis, who also had affiliations with Cartier-Bresson through Magnum Photo.[2] The couple eventually left Paris for Amsterdam, and then moved to Toronto where Boudreau worked as a photographer in the arts community during the 1960s.[2]

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada[3] and the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). Her negatives and contact sheets form one of the AGO Library’s Special Collections.[2]

Tess Boudreau died in 2007 in Guelph, Ontario.[2]

Legacy[]

In 2016, her work was included in the exhibition Form Follows Fiction: Art and Artists in Toronto curated by Luis Jacob for the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at the University of Toronto Art Centre.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Steenman-Marcusse, Conny; Herk, Aritha Van (2005). Building Liberty: Canada and World Peace, 1945-2005. ISBN 9789077922057.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Under the Light: Preserving Tess Boudreau's negatives and contact sheets". 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Tess Boudreau". Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Form Follows Fiction: Art and Artists in Toronto". artmuseum.utoronto.ca. Art Museum, University of Toronto. Retrieved 30 July 2021.


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