Polar Bear Express
Ottawa, ON — b/w photograph / photographie n/b — 1980
On board the Polar Bear Express, the only land route to Moosonee, Bruce Paton captures the social community that happens on the way through the vast northern wilderness that stretches out to infinity. We can almost hear the piano and the voices of the Solitude Trilogy, the audio montage radio documentary by Glenn Gould on the idea of north.
Bruce Paton was a photographer and artist. Born in Renfrew, Ontario, he lived and worked in Ottawa. He died in 2002.
À bord du Polar Bear Express, la seule route terrestre vers Moosonee, Bruce Paton saisit les liens sociaux qui s’établissent en traversant les vastes espaces sauvages du Nord s’étendant à l’infini. Nous pouvons presque entendre le piano et les voix de la Trilogie de la solitude, le documentaire radiophonique de Glenn Gould sur l’idée du Nord.