2009
Vincenzo Pietropaolo
Like migratory birds, most of Canada’s 20,000 “guest” farm workers arrive in the spring and leave in the autumn. Hailing primarily from Mexico, Jamaica, and smaller countries of the Caribbean, these temporary workers have become entrenched in the Canadian labour force and are the mainstay of many traditional family farms in Canada. Many of them make the trip year after year after year.
Vincenzo Pietropaolo has been photographing guest workers and recording their stories since 1984 – in the process travelling to forty locations throughout Ontario and to their homes in Mexico, Jamaica, and Montserrat. The resulting photographs have been highly acclaimed internationally through many publications and exhibitions, including a travelling show curated by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography that opened in Mexico City.
With a foreword by Naomi Rosenblum, this beautiful and timely book of photography and exposition aims to shed light on a subject about which many Canadians know all too little.
(From http://www.btlbooks.com/bookinfo.php?index=195)
Toronto
Between the Lines
Table of contents
Foreword
Naomi Rosenblum
Acknowledgements
Vincenzo Pietropaolo: The Challenge of Documentary Photography
by Maia-Mari Sutnik
Introduction
Living Between Two Worlds: The Workers Who Grow Our Food
An Imaginary Letter to a Migrant Farm Worker
Further Resources
Index to the Photographs
photographs and text by Vincenzo Pietropaolo.
ill. ; 27 cm.
Agriculture and horticulture workers
Policy analysis and Support initiatives
Public awareness
Ontario, México, and Jamaica
English