Here’s a bit about the team behind The Silver Halide Centre
Tony Makepeace is digital media professor at George Brown College in Toronto, Canada, and has exhibited photographic work throughout Canada.
He also completes e-learning modules and virtual tour projects for a roster of corporate & institutional clients, and provides marketing communication support for small firms, volunteer organizations, and entrepreneurs.
He’s also written a number of magazine articles on photographic topics, and completed graduate research into e-learning. He’s also involved in field research and working projects with sustainable water solutions for high altitude communities in developing countries.
Elaine Brodie is an award-winning, lens-based artist with a professional background in graphic design and photography. Her work has been exhibited in Canada and abroad, and can be found in the collection of the Canada Council Art Bank, as well as corporate and private collections.
Elaine received her undergraduate degree in Photography and Design from the Ontario College of Art, and a Masters of Fine Art in Documentary Media from Ryerson University. She Art Directed Camera Canada Magazine, served on the Exhibition Selection Committee of Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, and was a member of Seneca College’s Art Committee, where she initiated and facilitated artists’ residencies.
She is co-curator of The Female Eye Photography Exhibition, and a juror of short and experimental films for the Female Eye Film Festival. Elaine is a professor of Digital Media, Photography and Design at Sheridan College.
Byron Bignell, MA
Byron Bignell attended Ryerson and the Ontario College of Art & Design before going on to complete a master’s degree in Sociology at Royal Roads University in Victoria BC. A long-time photographer with an abiding interest in pinhole, alternative and historical photographic techniques Byron applies his background in photography in his research practices and ongoing research work into the efficacy and sustainability of sponsored community development initiatives.
Byron has been known to travel and pursue a range of documentary work and can frequently be found in Nepal. Way back in 1996, Byron developed the Pinhole Gallery (www.pinhole.org), a resource for pinhole photography that’s been online since then. His latest sociology/photography project is a documentary on the demolition and renewal of a neighbourhood in Kamloops BC, which is where it lives when he’s not overseas doing other things. You can find some of his work at flickr.com/photos/byronj. He’s tall, a bit overweight bearded and largely friendly.