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Larry Towell, Guatemala, Family Members of the Disappeared / Police Confrontation, 1987, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 36.0 cm
Purchase, 1987, 1987.030

Larry Towell, Nicaragua Series 1984-1986 (Winnowing Wheat, Solentiname Islands, Nicaragua, May-June 1984), 1984, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.106

Larry Towell, Nicaragua Series 1984-1986 (Managua, Nicaragua), 1984, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.105

Larry Towell, Nicaragua Series 1984-1986 (U.S. Embassy, Managua, Nicaragua, May-June 1984), 1984, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.107

Larry Towell, Nicaragua Series 1984-1986 (Catholic Procession, Northern Nicaragua, Madriz Nicaragua), 1986, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.111

Larry Towell, El Salvador Series 1986-1987 (Maternity Ward, San Salvador, El Salvador), 1986, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.112

Larry Towell, El Salvador Series 1986-1987 (Mothers of the Disappeared, San Salvador), 1986, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.113

Larry Towell, El Salvador Series 1986-1987 (Orphanage, San Salvador, El Salvador), 1986, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.116

Larry Towell, El Salvador Seies 1986-1987 (Guerillas at Dance, Chalatenango, El Salvador), 1987, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.119

Larry Towell, Guatemala Series 1987-1988 (G.A.M. Demonstration, Relatives of the Disappeared, During the Annual 'Day of the Army' Parade, Guatemala City, Guatemala), 1987, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.121

Larry Towell, Guatemala Series 1987-1988 (General Cemetary, Guatemala City, Guatemala), 1987, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.124

Larry Towell, Guatemala Series 1987-1988 (U.S. Attachés. Army Day Celebrations, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1988, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.126

Larry Towell, El Salvador Series 1989-1991 (Perguin Morazán, El Salvador), 1991, gelatin silver print, 41.0 cm x 51.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.133

Larry Towell, El Salvador Series 1989-1991 (Day of the Dead, San Salvador, El Salvador), 1992, gelatin silver print, 41.0 cm x 51.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.136

Larry Towell, Then Palestine Series 1993-1997 (Mother, Gaza Strip), 1993, gelatin silver print, 35.0 cm x 28.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.137

Larry Towell, Then Palestine Series 1993-1997 (Gaza Strip), 1993, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.138

Larry Towell, Then Palestine Series 1993-1997 (Gaza), 1993, gelatin silver print, 41.0 cm x 51.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.140

Larry Towell, Then Palestine Series 1993-1997 (Gaza Strip, Burning Tire), 1993, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.142

Larry Towell, Then Palestine Series 1993-1997 (Palestinian Activists During Israeli Withdrawl), 1994, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.143

Larry Towell, Then Palestine Series 1993-1997 (Arrest of Palestinian Child, Hebron Palestine), 1997, gelatin silver print, 28.0 cm x 35.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.145

Larry Towell, The Mennonites Series 1992-1998 (Peters Child Asleep on Cucumber Machine, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada), 1996, gelatin silver print, 49.0 cm x 41.0 cm
Gift of the artist, 2002, 2002.152

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Larry Towell: Selections from the AGW Collection

January 24 – May 3, 2015

Location: Charles & Ethel Cohen Family Gallery, 3rd floor

"If there's one theme that connects all my work, I think it's that of land-lessness; how land makes people into who they are and what happens to them when they lose it and thus lose their identities." - Larry Towell

While images of war, violence, misery and loss flood our televisions and computer screens, Larry Towell's black-and-white photographs of everyday people caught in extraordinary circumstances invite viewers to pause and look deeply. The photographs in this exhibition span three decades and move from Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador to Palestine. What ties these images together are his subjects - survivors of the traumas of their disappeared children and family members - as they carry on with their daily lives. His contemplative images convey the resilience of humanity and the brutality of human folly.

Larry Towell is the first Canadian photographer to be associated with Magnum, the prestigious agency founded by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa in 1947. After completing a visual arts degree at York University in Toronto in 1976, Towell volunteered in Calcutta where he began his photography. In 1984, he became a freelance photographer and writer, and has received considerable recognition, including the Henri Cartier-Bresson Award, World Press Photo of the Year, the Hasselblad Award, Alfred Eisenstadt Award, Oskar Barnack Award, and the first Roloff Beny Book Award for his 1997 monograph El Salvador.

Curated by Srimoyee Mitra.