![High River, Alberta [Group of people watching a parade], circa 1963 © The Estate of Peter Varley / courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_640,h_640,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy/ws-stephenbulger/usr/images/exhibitions/group_images_override/222/pv-0107.jpg)
Exhibition Dates: June 23 – August 27, 2022
Opening: Thursday, June 23, 2022, 4pm-7pm
Remarks from the Varley Family: Thursday, June 23, 2022, 5:00pm
The gallery is pleased to present “CANADA & To Be a Dancer”, our first solo exhibition of work by Peter Varley (b. 1921, Toronto, ON; d. 2000, Nanaimo, BC). Varley’s career as a professional photographer is emblematic of leading photographers of his generation, mastering various techniques of the medium to become, and remain, a photographer in demand. By the 1950s, skilled photographers were key contributors to the magazine, newspaper and advertising industries. “Canada & To Be a Dancer” celebrates aspects of Varley’s contributions made over four decades through a selection of vintage B&W photographs, as well as newly printed colour photographs from vintage colour slides.
