December 04, 2009 (Communities in Bloom, Dryden, Ontario, Canada)

Updated December 10, 2009

Canada’s award winning magazine The Walrus in its January/February 2010 issue has an incredible photo-essay shot in the vicinity of Atikokan, Ontario.

It is not every day that a magazine of the stature of The Walrus does a feature article on a community in Northwestern Ontario:

It is titled

In the Clearing

PHOTOGRAPHS AND WORDS BY ADAM MAKARENKO

Revisiting his hometown in a photographic series of miniature dioramas, the artist presents life and death in northwestern Ontario, writ small.

The article is on pages 40-49.

I have placed this notice at Communities in Bloom because if ever a series of pictures capture the essence of the “wilderness environment” of this region Makarenko’s “dioramas” do it. If and when they become available on the web, I will update this notice.  In the meantime you will have to look for The Walrus on the magazine racks in our local stores.

Update:

The photo-essay is now available on the website of The Walrus. The following links provide both the pictures and commentary:

Picture One; Picture Two; Picture Three; Picture Four ; Picture Five; Picture Six

Other articles in the issue are:

The Dark Country -Why are Canadians still letting the government keep public information hidden

The Stranger Within – Who is Michael Ignatieff? And does he have what it takes, not only to deafeat Stephen Harper but also-first things first-to bring peace to his own party?

Faster, Higher, Sneakier – Does Canada’s “Top Secret” sports technology program undermine the Olympic spirit?