Maureen O'Connor
Toronto, ON
Booth 245
Main
Maureen O'Connor is a fine art photographer living in Toronto and is a graduate of OCAD. Maureen is a life-long animal lover and these photographs are produced with the cooperation of local sanctuaries, many of these animals are rescues from fur farms and others are non-releasable wildlife. The animals in these images were photographed onsite in the location in the photos. By photographing Canadian animals in abandoned domestic architecture, O’Connor raises questions about how nature and the built environment intersect. She sees these spaces as transformative, evoking memory and showing the fragility of the animals and the architecture. We are invited to cross the threshold and imagine new narratives where the natural world and the domestic world meet, and consider how this informs our identity in a country defined by both its wild landscape and its orderly cities.
