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Hollett, Matthew, 1982-
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Miot, Paul-Émile, 1827-1900 -- Poetry.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Anecdotes.
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Hollett, Matthew, 1982-
Miot, Paul-Émile, 1827-1900 -- Poetry.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Anecdotes.
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Album
rock
:
looking
back
through
the
lens
of
Paul-Émile
Miot
/ Matthew Hollett.
by
Hollett, Matthew, 1982-
Boulder Publications, 2018.
Call #:
971.8002 H737a
Subjects
Miot
,
Paul-Émile
, 1827-1900 -- Poetry.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Anecdotes.
ISBN:
9781775234555 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Looking
back
through
the
lens
of
Paul-Émile
Miot
Description:
108 p. : ill. , map. ; 20 cm.
Summary:
"Part art history, part road trip, and part detective story, "
Album
rock
" began when Matthew Hollett stumbled across an intriguing photograph from the 1850s on the website of the Corner Brook Museum and Archives.
Paul-Émile
Miot
was one of the first photographers to visit Newfoundland. His photo Rocher peint par les marins français (
Rock
painted by French sailors) shows the word
Album
painted on a prominent
rock
in Sacred Bay, on Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula. Over 160 years later, the landmark is still known as
Album
Rock
. But what’s the story behind this curious scene? And who are the sailors posing on the
rock
? A lively and insightful work of creative nonfiction and poetry,
Album
Rock
touches on the history of photography in Newfoundland, Miot’s travels around the French Shore, and the power of naming in shaping our perceptions of a place. It’s also a celebration of curiosity and the joy of delving into the mystery of a peculiar photograph."--Back cover.
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