Monica Glitz has taken the road less traveled to explore some of the planet’s most significant locations throughout Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Her travels over the past 20 years have inspired Monica to photograph more than 100 UNESCO World Heritage sites – some of the most photogenic places that one could ever wish to visit.
Ancient Splendour is a photographic journal of Monica’s ongoing exploration of those UNESCO World Heritage sites. Her aim is to engage the curiosity of a wider audience that may not have direct access to these destinations, to help others see the magnificent past and to instill the idea that these locations are worth the effort and cost to preserve them. So much has already been lost forever – be it from natural means such as weather & time, or mankind’s activities such as progress, tourism, agriculture, or senseless destruction due to war and terrorist activities. Protection is required, raising awareness is a start.
The images in this exhibition show us far away places from another time. Often the smallest details tell the best stories, from the architectural remnants of a civilization that thrived thousands of years ago to the tranquility of a mist shrouded path in the mountains of China.
This series honours the past by being presented in two alternative printing formats with historical roots from the 1800’s: platinum palladium and tri-color pigment gum over palladium. The extraordinary combination of images of historically significant World Heritage sites with these alternative printing processes creates beautiful unique permanent prints which will withstand the test of time for future generations to see.
Monica is drawn to places where you can lose yourself in time and place. The photographs capture a moment in time. Even though it is a moment in our time, the images are a reflection of the past and evoke a sense of wonder. What was it like for the people who lived there long ago … what were their stories? Her photography is a portrait of the beauty she sees from an emotional perspective, and to challenge the mind and imagination to ask questions about the past … who? why? how?
Ancient Splendour by Monica Glitz will be on exhibition for the first time in Toronto at the Dylan Ellis Gallery, 1840 Danforth Ave, from April 27th through June 26th 2016.
For information regarding the exhibition please contact:
Carissa Ainslie
Dylan Ellis Gallery
1840 Danforth Avenue, Toronto M4C 1H8
416-778-6969