CCCA Canadian Art Database

Dianne Bos

Dianne Bos is a Canadian photographer based in Calgary, Alberta, whose works have been exhibited internationally since 1981. Many of Bos' photographs are produced using a homemade pinhole camera. These images are not intended to be an objective record of a particular object or place, but an attempt to capture a memory. For her Galaxies series, Bos experimented with photographing different light sources through multiple pinholes. Her 2001 work M51 by Candlelight depicts the Whirlpool Galaxy and is included in the New Mexico History Museum's Pinhole Resource Collection. She created the image using an aluminum plate camera dotted with dozens of pinholes of varying sizes. A photograph that Bos took in Toulouse was used by graphic designer Jennifer Clark for her mural Timeless. Beginning in 2014, Bos travelled to locations in Belgium and France to photograph battle sites where the Canadian and Newfoundland troops fought in World War II. The resulting photographs, also taken with a pinhole camera, were shown in a solo exhibition in the Lethbridge Art Gallery entitled The Sleeping Green: No Man's Land 100 Years Later. Bos is represented by Edward Day Gallery in Toronto; Jennifer Kostuik Gallery in Vancouver; Newzones in Calgary; and Beaux-arts des Amériques, Montreal.
Creator Id: 79
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: Canada
Province of Birth: Ontario
Year of Birth: 1956
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist
Gender: Female
Mediums: photography
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Work by Dianne Bos

New York City Time Square 90

Work ID: 54361

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Gargoyle, Notre Dame

Work ID: 54387

Measurements: 81.28 x 101.6 cm

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Eiffel Tower

Work ID: 54376

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Spooky Palms

Work ID: 54388

Measurements: 81.28 x 101.6 cm

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Jet Wing Toronto to NYC

Work ID: 54386

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Tuileries

Work ID: 54381

Description: pinhole image

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Carrousel in Tuileries

Work ID: 54380

Description: pinhole image

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Urn

Work ID: 54382

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Tree near Notre Dame

Work ID: 54378

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The Tuileries

Work ID: 54377

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Villas Latinas

Work ID: 54389

Measurements: 11.43 x 10.16 cm

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Chenonceaux

Work ID: 54383

Measurements: 78.74 x 101.6 cm

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Milky Way By Candlelight

Work ID: 54365

Measurements: 78.74 x 101.6 cm

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Meeting of the Waters

Work ID: 54373

Description: pinhole image, ed. 1/5
courtesy: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Measurements: 68.58 x 68.58 cm

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Papaver rhoeas (Poppy series) #4

Work ID: 54367

Description: pinhole image
courtesy: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Measurements: 99.06 x 76.2 cm

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Illecillewaet River and Daisies

Work ID: 54372

Description: pinhole image, ed. 1/5
courtesy: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Measurements: 68.58 x 68.58 cm

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Clearing (Berry), Glacier House

Work ID: 54370

Description: pinhole image, ed. 1/5
courtesy: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Measurements: 68.58 x 68.58 cm

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Expedition Poetry Series [working proof]

Work ID: 54384

Measurements: 10.16 x 25.4 cm

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Illecillewaet River and Daisies [detail]

Work ID: 54375

Description: pinhole image, ed. 1/5
courtesy: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Measurements: 68.58 x 68.58 cm

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Lone Tree Below Illecillewaet

Work ID: 54371

Description: pinhole image, ed. 1/5
courtesy: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Measurements: 68.58 x 68.58 cm

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Asulkan Brook

Work ID: 54374

Description: pinhole image, ed. 1/5
courtesy: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Measurements: 68.58 x 68.58 cm

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Expedition Series, Clearing, Glacier House

Work ID: 54363

Measurements: 68.58 x 68.58 cm

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Papaver rhoeas (Poppy series) #3

Work ID: 54364

Description: pinhole image
courtesy: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Measurements: 99.06 x 76.2 cm

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Expedition Poetry Series[working print]

Work ID: 54385

Measurements: 10.16 x 25.4 cm

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Papaver rhoeas (Poppy series) #1

Work ID: 54366

Description: courtesy: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Measurements: 99.06 x 76.2 cm

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Papaver rhoeas (Poppy series) #5

Work ID: 54368

Description: pinhole image
courtesy: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Measurements: 99.06 x 76.2 cm

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Asulkan Brook, Expedition Series

Work ID: 54379

Measurements: 68.58 x 68.58 cm

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Jet View of Mountains

Work ID: 54369

Description: pinhole image, ed. 1/5
courtesy: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Measurements: 68.58 x 68.58 cm

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Son et Lumière & Camere Illuminati [installation view]

Work ID: 54362

Description: courtesy: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

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Son et Lumière & Camere Illuminati [installation view]

Work ID: 54360

Description: courtesy: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

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