A conversation with Ruth Kaplan





It was a real pleasure to be able to speak with Ruth about her work and how she stays active as an inspiring instructor as well as a prolific shooter. I have had the pleasure of working with Ruth in the Gallery 44 darkrooms and also have had her as an instructor. She is such a generous person who is willing to openly discuss and challenge not only your work but her own thoughts and ideas.


I hope you enjoy our conversation!


http://traffic.libsyn.com/defendthedarkroom/DefendTheDarkroomRuthKaplan.mp3

Please visit Ruth's website is at http://www.ruthkaplanphoto.com/

Here is a short bio….

Ruth Kaplan is a documentary-based photographer whose work explores a variety of themes such as the social behaviour of bathers in communal hot springs, participants in rituals of spirituality and most recently, the situation surrounding refugees seeking asylum in Canada in Canadian/U.S.A. border-town shelters in Buffalo, Detroit, Toronto and Fort Erie, and at the Roxham Road border crossing in New York/Quebec.

Kaplan has exhibited internationally and can be found in major Canadian and international collections and publications. She has received numerous grants and awards and is a photography instructor at OCAD University and Ryerson University. Her first monograph, Bathers, was recently published by Damiani.

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