p.s.: Just looked up the photographers and add these biographical notes, and also a link to the wonderful work of Ms. Keene's mother, who was a noted early Canadian photographer, Minna Keene.
https://mattersphotographical.wordpress.com/2014/12/03/minna-keene-1861-1943-pictorial-portraitist/
KEENE, Violet (Perinchef)
- Born
- Bath, England, 1893
- Died
- Oakville, Ontario, 1987
- Biography synopsis
- Keene was the daughter of Minna Keene, pictorialist and portrait photographer, and it was in her mother's studio in Montreal that Keene first learned to use a camera. The family later moved to Toronto where Keene began her own distinguished career in portrait photography, keeping "Keene" as her working name when she married Harold Edgar Perinchief. Keene photographed many important artists and statesmen, including the Governor General of Canada, Aldous Huxley, and George Bernard Shaw. She was also the manager of Eaton's College Street Portrait Studio. During her lifetime Keene's work was exhibited widely in Europe and North America.
Manitoba Photographers: Ernest Jerrett (1885-1958)
Born at London, England on 18 June 1885, he emigrated to Canada with his wife in 1914 and worked as a clerk at Bow Island, Alberta. The following year, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and returned overseas. After the war, he returned to Canada and, as a self-taught pianist, he toured the country with Sir Martin Harvey, a noted British actor. He later settled at Melfort, Saskatchewan where he worked as a photographer. There, he apparently married again, to a British immigrant residing at Pilot Mound.Jarrett moved to Brandon in 1931 and operated a photographic studio at 115 Tenth Street until his death. He produced a number of photographic postcards of Brandon and the surrounding region, and in 1937 he opened a satellite studio in Riding Mountain National Park where he processed the film of visiting tourists and provided other photographic services. He photographed the graduating classes at Brandon College from the 1940s through the 1950s.He was described as “a humorist and elocutionist at local entertainments and social gatherings.” In 1938, he and his wife had triplet daughters, thought to be the first such occurrence at Brandon, joining their 8-year-old son. He was a member of the Brandon Kiwanis Club and organized its first band. He died at Brandon on 23 December 1958 and a funeral service was held at the St. Matthew’s Cathedral. The short film “Taking a Walk with Dad” was shot by Ernest Jerrett, narrated by his son, and edited posthumously by his granddaughter.Work locations
Year(s)Location?-1931Melfort, Saskatchewan1931-1958115 Tenth Street, Brandon, Manitoba1937-?Riding Mountain National Park
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