Nationality Canadian Name Lorraine Monk | Role Photographer Education McGill University | |
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Full Name Lorraine Althea Constance Spurrell Books Photographs that Changed the World: The Camera as Witness, the Photograph as Evidence | ||
Lorraine Monk, OC, O.Ont, née Lorraine Althea Constance Spurrell (born ca. 1926) is a Canadian photographer.
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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.
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. In 2007, she was awarded the Order of Ontario for having "brought acclaim to Ontario through her contributions as a photographer". 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.