Chris Manderson

@bouteloua.ca

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Biologist, recovering civil servant, occasional photographer. My dog is my muse. #yyc

A vertical 12x6 black and white pinhole photograph taken from a bridge over a straightened creek. The creek is lined with trees and shrubs and meets a larger river in the distance. There are high thin clouds in the sky
black and white pinhole photograph taken from the handlebars of a bike. A long, 10 second exposure blurred the image. There is a dog running in front along a road that leads towards the rounded foothills of the Rocky Mountains
black and white photo of a hallway with a wooden flood. At the end a border collie is sitting at attention backlight by bright morning sun coming through a door.
Black raven on a very white, bright background.
Colour pinhole photo of a small cottonwood and willow-lined creek. The photo is shot into the low morning sun, washing out the sky and some of the branches of the trees.
Black and white pinhole photograph. There is a dirt trail winding up a hillside. On the left is a clump leafless trembling aspen trees and prairie grassland extending into the horizon. The cloudless sky is darkened to nearly black (due in part to the orange filter)
A white sign board that says ‘this is not a trail’ and a no entry symbol sits on a closed trail leading to the Bow River in the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Vertical 6x12 black and white pinhole image of an irrigation weir on the Bow River. The river is flowing over the weir on the left side. The irrigation intake structure is in the centre of the photograph and extends to the right. There are streaks of foam in the foreground of the picture
black and white image of a small side channel of the Bow River against a prairie escarpment. The sky is overcast and there is a cottonwood (balsam poplar) forest in the distance
A tall (6x12cm) black & white pinhole photograph taken from within Jaume Plensa's Wonderland, a wireframe sculpture of a head. A face with downcast (or closed) eyes is superimposed on the skyscrapers in the background
A brown garbage can is in the centre of the photo with "Fuck Everything" written in elegant cursive script. The Carseland weir and the back end of a dog can be seen in the background
A wide pinhole photograph of a green wheatfield taken on a windy day. The long exposure (about 10 seconds) has blurred the wheat to a soft green which fades into the hills in the distance
A wide pinhole photograph of a green wheatfield taken on a windy day. The long exposure (about 10 seconds) has blurred the wheat to a soft green which fades into the hills in the distance
Two round metal granaries sit in a green crop field flanked by large white wind turbines in the distance, one granary as 'Rosco' in black letters on the front.
6x12 vertical pinhole photo of a railroad disappearing into the horizon with a parallel elevated rail line running beside it. There is a highway overpass crossing in the foreground
4x5 black and white image of a shallow lake with emergent rushes in the foreground. The foothills of the Rocky Mountains are in the background and a cloudy sky is reflected in the water
6x12 cm black and white pinhole photograph of a broad valley in a prairie park. There are aspen trees on the left side of the photo gradually changing to willows and then open prairie
6x12 cm pinhole photograph of a ventilation shaft sticking up out of a flat grassy area. The shaft ventilates a large underground water reservoir in Nose Hill Park, Calgary, Alberta
6x12cm colour pinhole photo taken on a moving bicycle along a snow covered park pathway. The moving bicycle has created a blurred streak of trees on the right and the water of the Bow River on the right. The sun is low on the horizon
pinhole photograph of a small stream lined with grasses. A row of trees in the background are reflected in the water
A steel girder bridge on a dirt road over a creek in a prairie coulee. There is a 4.7m clearance sign on the top of the bridge and thick vegetation on either side
black and white photograph looking straight down at a railroad switch. A graffiti tag saying "We're on the road to nowhere" is on the top of one rail
6x17 vertical pinhole photo of a small stream surrounded by snow and coniferous trees. There is a cloudy sky
6x12cm black and white pinhole photo taken on a moving bicycle along a park pathway. A blurred tree is in the distance
6x12cm colour pinhole photo taken on a moving bicycle along a park pathway. The moving bicycle has created a blurred streak of trees on the right and the water of the Bow River on the right. The sun is rising and lights up the thin clouds in a delicate pink light
6x12cm pinhole photo taken on a bicycle along a park pathway. The moving bicycle has created a blurred streak of trees on the right and the water of the Bow River on the right.
Black and white photograph of a parkade in downtown Calgary, Canada. A concrete ramp rises up from the bottom of the photograph towards a tower and stairwell at the end. EAST is painted in large letters on the far side of the parkade
6x17cm vertical pinhole photograph of the Vermillion River in Kootenay National Park. Burnt trees from a fire line a low limestone canyon. The river is turquoise/vermillion coloured. There are low clouds obscuring the Hawk Ridge mountain range in the background
A vertical 6x12cm black and white pinhole photograph of Nose Hill Park in Calgary. A leafless balsam poplar tree on the side of a pathway that curves up and to the right. The sun is low in the sky behind dark, overcast clouds
Pinhole photograph taken from a camera mounted on a bicycle moving on a snow covered pathway along the Bow River in Calgary, Canada. The path curves right, with blurred dark trees on the left and the river on the right
black and white photograph Nose Hill Park in Calgary. A leafless balsam poplar tree on the side of a pathway that curves up and to the right. The sun is low in the sky behind dark, overcast clouds
Frost-covered single seat propeller airplane parked in the tall grass on a snowy field by an airfield on a foggy day
Black and white photograph of a twin highway bridge over a river. There is a mountain to the left behind the river
Border collie watching the setting sun in the prairie at Red Rock Coulee. There is a blue sky with wispy high cirrus clouds
Frankie the border collie lying on his back on a hardwood floor, his legs splayed to the side and his teeth bared
black and white pinhole photograph of a gravel road. A red filter was used to lighten the vegetation and darken the sky
vertical 6x12cm colour pinhole photograph of Helen Lake, an alpine lake located along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park
Wet and snowy border collie looking up at the camera with a background of snow
Photo of a white and black border collie sitting on a snow covered step. She is heterochromatic (one eye is blue, one is brown) and she's licking her chops because the photographer is holding a treat beside his head
Frankie the border collie is sitting and looking intently up at the camera. Autumn leaves cover the ground.
tall 6x12 black and white pinhole photo of aspen trees in the spring
black and white photograph of a narrow channel in a wetland overgrown with bulrushes, sedges and cattails
6x12 cm colour pinhole photo of a cyclist. The camera mounted on the handlebars of the bike
Black and white pinhole photograph of an underpass in downtown Calgary, Alberta
Photo of Seagull Massage studio, Calgary, Alberta, Canada