Album rock : looking back through the lens of Paul-Émile Miot / Matthew Hollett.
Album rock : looking back through the lens of Paul-Émile Miot / Matthew Hollett.
Alternate Title
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Looking back through the lens of Paul-Émile Miot
By
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Hollett, Matthew, 1982-
Publication Date
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2018
Publication Information
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[Newfoundland] : Boulder Publications,
Physical Description
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108 p. : ill. , map.
Subject Term
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Canadian poetry -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Geographic Term
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- Anecdotes.
Summary
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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-ÔEmile Miot was one of the first photographers to visit Newfoundland. His photo Rocher peint par les marins franƯcais (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.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781775234555
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Corner Brook | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |
Cow Head | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |
Daniel's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |
Deer Lake | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |
Gander | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |
Labrador City | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |
Lark Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |
Rocky Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room | 818.6 H72 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 818.6 H72 |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 818.6 H72 |