Lorraine Monk

Lorraine Monk
Born Lorraine Althea Constance Spurrell
1926 (age 8990)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Alma mater McGill University
Known for photography

Lorraine Monk, OC, O.Ont, née Lorraine Althea Constance Spurrell (born ca. 1926) is a Canadian photographer.

Biography

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Edwin and Eileen Marion Spurrell, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1944 and a Master of Arts degree in 1946 from McGill University.[1]

From 1960 to 1980, she was the Executive Producer of the Still Photography Division at the National Film Board of Canada. In 1985, she helped establish the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography and was its executive director.

Her daughter Karyn Monk is a novelist. She resides in Toronto, Ontario.

Honours

In 1973, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada "for the standard of excellence she has set in the publication and exhibition of photography and for the support she has given to young photographers". She was promoted to Officer in 1983.[2] In 2007, she was awarded the Order of Ontario for having "brought acclaim to Ontario through her contributions as a photographer".[3] She was also awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal and the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal. In 1982, she received an honorary degree from York University.[4]

Selected bibliography

References

  1. Elizabeth Lumley, ed. (2004). Canadian Who's Who. University of Toronto Press.
  2. "Lorraine Monk". Order of Canada.
  3. "Order of Ontario Recipients Announced". Ontario Ministry Of Citizenship And Immigration. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008.
  4. "Honorary Degree Recipients". York University.


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