ANDRZEJ MACIEJEWSKI: AFTER NOTMAN

scopio aboveground: city (winner)

"After Notman" is a re-photographic project. I have chosen thirty four of iconic19th century Montreal (Canada) views taken by William Notman and I photographed the same places again, one hundred years later (1999-2001), creating true replicas of the original pictures by use of exactly the same vantage point and capturing the same moment of the year and time of the day in order to reproduce the same angle of light and shadow. This is why the images should be displayed in pairs, an old photograph by Notman Studio together with my re-photograph. The project was exibited in the McCord Museum of Canadian History, in Montreal, in 2004. The exhibition then travelled to several other venues and in 2010 was presented as an outdoor exhibition at one of the main streets of Montreal. It has been included in the McCord Museum's "Keys to History" permanent online program, under the title "Urban life through two lenses". It has also been placed in the Virtual Museum of Canada. The book "After Notman:Montreal Views-A Century Apart" was published by Firefly in 2003, and made the "Globe and Mail" bestsellers list for several weeks. There is a hope that the book will be re-published in 2011.

Images – titles list:
01. Montreal Harbour, Looking East from the Archeological Museum William Notman, 1884 / Andrzej Maciejewski, 2000
02. Looking North-West from Notre-Dame Church, Montreal, QC William Notman, 1872 /Andrzej Maciejewski, 1999
03. View from Notre Dame Church Looking East, Montreal, QC William Notman, 1863 / Andrzej Maciejewski, 2000
04. Jacques Cartier Square, Montreal, QC William Notman, ca 1890 / Andrzej Maciejewski, 2001
05. The Windsor Hotel and Place du Canada, Montreal, QC William Notman, 1897 / Andrzej Maciejewski, 1999

Contact
am@klotzekstudio.com