Winnipeg Art Gallery, spring 2009 The exhibition's focus is women's work, from the Winnipeg Art Gallery's permanent collection. New Installation, TRUMP Hotel, Miami Winning Work in the International Photography Awards, 2009 I am proud to announce that my photographs took 3rd Place in the IPA awards. There were 18,000 submissions spanning 104 countries. Check it out at www.photoawards.com under the Gallery section. CANNES FRANCE 2009, 7th Festival International de la Photographie de Mode Barbara Cole was once again selected for the Cannes Fashion Festival. This photograph will be on view along the Croisette until the end of August 2009 News story in APPLIED ARTS MAGAZINE White NOise Editorial in their August 09 Edition click to read article White NOise at Toronto Intermational Airport AIRSPACE Gallery,Terminal 1, Outside of Domestic Arrivals September 2009-January 2010. palmbeach3, January 14-18, 2009 Rosenbaum Contemporary, www.rosenbaumcontemporary.com, included White NOise in their booth. Housed in the new Palm Beach Convention Center, located in West Palm Beach, there were over 100 international exhibitors. ANTHROPOLOGIE Anthropologie catalogue, May 09, shot in Miami by Barbara Cole, with her Toronto team, Irina Funtikova and stylist Amylu Six Degrees Magazine, April 2009 New editorial out in Atlanta, Miami, Detroit and Las Vegas. Du Das Kulturmagazin Culture magazine “du”, published in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, founded 1941 www.du-magazin.com, published Underworld artwork in their September 2008 edition. WATER WORLD, ELLE Canada October 2008 Editorial NYArts Magazine, Sept/Oct. 2007 Profile THE LIFE AQUATIC, OCEAN DRIVE MAGAZINE, JUNE 2008 An eight page underwater fashion story in this Miami-based magazine. Splash Dance; Elle RADAR, October 2008 Feature story, White NOise Barbara Cole wins the GRAND PRIX in Cannes, July 2008. The winner of the 6th Festival International de la Photographie de Mode is Barbara Cole. The festival is held every year in Cannes and this year 70 photographers from all over the world were selected. The final ceremony was held at the Palm Beach Casino and Barbara was awarded the most important "Grand Prix of Fashion Photography". If you are walking along the Croissette in Cannes, her work is on display until the end of August. CANNES FRANCE, 5th Festival International de la Photographie de Mode Cannes, France, June 29th - August 31st, 2007. The exhibition travels to other places in Europe and Worldwide such as DUBAI for their second International Festival of Fashion Photography. PAINTED LADIES PAINTED LADIES, Iris Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts October-December 200 BEHIND THE SCENE AT NADA I recently shot the Spring 2008 collection for this amazing Canadian Fashion designer. Click to watch video NOMINEE FOR "Iconique Fashion Awards" 2007 Cutting-edge online fashion magazine Iconique.com and progressive creative agency and think tank Societás launched the ‘Iconique Societás Excellence in Fashion Photography Awards’ to bring the international spotlight onto the very best contemporary fashion photographers. Both up and coming and established professional fashion photographers from every generation and country were invited to submit an original fashion editorial, which encapsulates the theme ‘Fête des Fleurs’ (Party of Flowers). The awards judging panel includes top British hat couturier Louis Mariette - creator of the world’s most expensive hat ever, valued at £1.5 million and made of platinum and diamonds, avant-garde fashion designer Arkadius – who Colin McDowell dubbed ‘mad, bad and dangerous’, McCann’s Head of Global Brand Innovation, Justin Champney, Iconique founder and Editor-in-Chief, Joost van Gorsel and Co-founder of the awards, Melissa Sterry, CEO of Societás. Halloween ION Magazine will be running Father Figure story in their October issue. AUCTION NEWS, NEW YORK A Lenticular print of Barbara Cole’s entitled, "Pantomime", from her newest exhibit, White Noise, was auctioned off last week at Cipriani in New York at the Artrageous Art Auction to support Foster Kids. The auction included works by other notable artists Jeff Koons, Yoko Ono and Peter Beard. It was conducted by Rick Wester at Phillips de Pury & Company. The sale of Pantomine raised $11,000.00 for the charity. View it here Princess Margaret Hospital launches revamped breast cancer centre. Dr. David McCready, Head, PMH Breast Site Program, says “Thanks to WEBC (Weekend to End Breast Cancer) fundraising, we’ve been able to reconfigure an existing area, expand our clinical programs and create a warm and welcoming patient centred space.” I am very honoured to have my work from "UNDERWORLD" chosen as the permanent installation artwork. I wanted to create a calm, peaceful environment in this special space. This is my original maquette which I presented to the Hospital Foundation last April. Installation pictures will be uploaded shortly. Click here to see the video. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston "Tommorrow," Hand Coloured Series, 1985, was recently donated to the Museum in memory of Molly Darsey. www.mfah.org Vision Magazine a glossy Fashion and Art Magazine from Beijing, China, featured my work in a six page spread in their March 2006 issue. (check it out at www.youthvision.cn) As a result I now have commercial representation in Beijing! PIXEL SURGEONS As seen in PIXEL SURGEONS, Released in September 2005 Extreme Manipulation of the Figure in Photography Written by British fashion expert Martin Dawber, it presents the best of styling and illusion in photography today. “Pixel Surgeons showcases 30 of the most exceptional practitioners of photography and digital manipulation from around the world.” Voted Top 10 photo book of 2005 by the Globalist. Underwater Video Barbara Cole's Underworld Video - click here