Inventing the Land: The History of Landscape Photography

Karla McManus is an art historian and visual theorist who specializes in the study of photography and the environmental imaginary. Her writing and research focus on how historic and contemporary concerns, from wildlife conservation, to environmental disasters, to anxiety about the future, are visualized photographically.

Elizabeth Anne Cavaliere is a SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow at Queen’s University. She received her PhD in Art History at Concordia University. Her interest in interdisciplinary approaches to Canadian art, photograph, and history is reflected in her published writing.

Jessica Auer is a Canadian photographer, filmmaker and educator who lives and works in Iceland. Her work is broadly concerned with the study of landscapes as cultural sites. Through a research-based practice, she examines our social, political and aesthetic attitudes towards place, including but not limited to—historical sites, tourist destinations, and small communities. Jessica received her MFA from Concordia University, where she teaches in the Photography department. Her work has been presented in several museums, galleries and festivals, such as the Canadian Centre for Architecture, The National Museum of Iceland, and the Biennale de la photographie in Mulhouse, France.