1984

Donna James

Eight Men In A Big House

Artist

Donna James

Location

Anna Leonowens Art Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia

A documentary series of black and white portraits of elderly men living communally in the Blue Dolphin Foster Villa in rural Nova Scotia.

James' photographs portray the daily rituals of the eight men who lived together in the home that her parents owned and ran. The photographs were exhibited in her graduating exhibition at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

 

 

 

 

 

The Collection

Artist

Donna James

Donna James is an Ottawa based multi-disciplinary artist known for her video and photographic body of work, which spans over 30 years.