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Drive By: A Road Trip with Jeff Thomas
Anna Hudson, Dave Bidini and Andrea Naomi Walsh
University of Toronto Art Centre (May 2008)
64 pp 46 col. ill. 7 x 9 in softcover
978-0-7727-0656-0
$24.00 Can.
$26.00 U.S. (19 euros)
Jeff Thomas’ photographs explore the juxtapositions of past and present and of historical imagery and contemporary reality in the relationship between Native and non-Native peoples. These new photographs document a road trip of inter-cultural exploration with Thomas at the wheel. As if from his passing car he gives us ‘snaps’ of historical monuments and public architecture whose designs and facades incorporte depictions of Indians. Seen from Thomas’ perspective the evidence of First Peoples' influence on popular culture and their power within contemporary society is abundant and ominpresent. Three essays accompany a text by the artist. Jeff Thomas is an Iroquois/Onondaga photographer born in Buffalo, New York and now living in Ottawa. His works can be found in many major collections including the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian.
