The son of cityscape painter John Hartman was set to go to med school when he changed directions to become a photographer, apprenticing for several years with Edward Burtynsky and relocating to the Hammer from a small Georgian Bay town. His sharp, beautifully composed colour images of his adopted city show the influence of Burtynsky and his father, but his streetscapes with old cars and panoramas incorporating the defunct steelworks capture his own sense of gritty urbanity... Read more here
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Joseph Hartman moved to The Hammer from small town Ontario in 2007, and became as fascinated by the city as a whole as I am by the sight of the fires roaring up from the factories (cliched, I know). Hartman's 4x5 view camera gets personal with the people and working-class neighbourhoods of Steeltown... see the full artice here
4 Hamilton by Joseph Hartman
Stephen Bulger Gallery offers this glimpse of life not too far from home. Joseph Hartman’s series of images for Hamilton were snapped over a seven-year period in the eponymous Ontario town, capturing factories, residential areas and landscapes... see the full article here |
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