Front Lines - Photographs

The Exhibition

Foreword

War embodies the ultimate failure of humanity. Yet it persists through generations; even today, images from Afghanistan present Canadians with irreconcilable feelings of resigned necessity and ethical horror. Robert Capa's masterful photographs of The Spanish Civil War portrayed the brutality of battle while exposing a poignant yearning for civilian normalcy among its idealistic combatants.

Front Lines, inspired by Capa's indelible scenes from the first 'media war', reminds us that the camaraderie of men drawn by a sense of duty to an imperfect moral calling can reveal fleeting moments of disarming grace bound by unspeakable tragedy.

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Jul172008

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Editions

Prints

All Front Lines photographs are available in 4 Editions.

Edition of 1 (1/1)

Edition of 3 (3/3)

Edition of 7 (7/7)

Sizes to be determined upon request.

For sales inquiries please contact brendanmeadows@mac.com

Catalogue

A beautiful tabloid sized newsprint catalogue has been produced to accompany the exhibition. The piece focuses on the camaraderie that emerged between these soldiers, giving a human face to their tragic misfortunes.

11 3/8 x 17 inches (28.90 x 43.18cm); 36 pages; newsprint; fully illustrated; edition of 3 soft cover sleeves

Weight: 4.4 oz (125 g)

ISBN: 978-0-9866256-0-2

Ikigai Editions

Creators

Brendan Meadows

Brendan Meadows is a Toronto-based photographer whose subject matter is people, whether they come from the glamourous worlds of music and fashion or the gritty reaches of poverty and war. Aside from his busy commercial photography schedule, Brendan is the co-founder of Drawn To Develop (2008), a photography event that works with Street Kids International to render drawings from street youth around the world through the lenses of professional Canadian photographers.

This is Brendan's first time presenting work for CONTACT, an annual month-long festival of photography in Toronto.

Matthew Robinson

Matthew Robinson (co-owner of Delphic) opened Klaxon Howl in 2005 as an outlet for his love of vintage & Militaria. He has a strong eye for detail, appreciation for quality, craftsmanship and a deep love of history. These have resulted in him creating an incredible collection of vintage clothing, military uniforms, equipment and weapons spanning from the 1800s to the war in Vietnam. These were invaluable in achieving the authentic look and feel of the Front Lines wardrobe. Tapping these elements he has created the Klaxon Howl brand & more recently collaborated with the Hudson's Bay Company for their Heritage collection.

Video

Heart of Spain

Team

Creative

Brendan Meadows - Photographer / Creator
http://www.brendanmeadows.com

Simon Willms - Photographer
http://simonwillms.com

George Moreira - Photographer
http://www.gm-p.com

Darrin Klimek - Cinematographer
http://darrinklimek.com

Matt Robinson - Creator / Curator / Stylist
http://klaxonhowl.blogspot.com

Cast

Chris Hawk
Damien Kim
D.B. Johnson
Douglas Brown
Kamar Kelly
Luke McCullouch
Martin James
Regina Garcia
Ritchie Smith
Rodrigo Andrade
Ryan Le Bar
Shea Ennis
Terence Sheard

Hair & Make-up

James Johnson
Eva Choe

Acknowledgments

The creators give their humble thanks to the photographers, hair and make-up artist, cast and designers who helped make this exhibition and publication possible. We would like to acknowledge the cooperation of numerous individuals and businesses, whose invaluable participation greatly facilitated the project: Pitko for scanning; Elevator Framing and Gallery for their ongoing support; Commute Home Inc. for the gallery frames and to Steam Whistle Brewery for their overall support and supplying the wonderful venue for the Exhibition.

A special thanks to Simon Willms and George Moreira our photographers; Darrin Klimek our cinematographer and to Shanley Meronek for her invaluable assistance. Also thanks to our cast: Luke McCullouch, Ryan Le Bar, Ritchie Smith, Regina Garcia, Rodrigo Andrade, Chris Hawk, Damien Kim, Douglas Brown, Kamar Kelly, Shea Ennis, D.B. Johnson, Terence Sheard and Martin James.

Thank you also to Aaron Boles for Copywriting and Public Relations; Simon Roe for copy editing; Allison Barber for Public Relations; Deborah Robertson of the Prana Cafe for catering the shoot; Stuart Hobday for our website; DJ Andrew Allsgood; Todor Kobakov for composing the music to the video and to Daniel Cutler at Runaway Music for creating that bridge. Thanks to Chris Allen and Ikigai Editions for the guidance, art direction and design of our website and catalogue.

A warm thanks to everyone of the people who enthusiastically and generously contributed their time to our project, we cannot thank you enough.