Larry Towell’s latest exhibitions are “Close to Home.”
That’s the name of a show running through Feb. 4 at London’s Michael Gibson Gallery, just down the road from the Dawn-Euphemia Township farm where the celebrated photographer lives.
It features photographs from two Towell series and publications — The World From My Front Porch and the Mennonites.
The lifelong resident of Lambton County began travelling as a freelance photographer and writer in the 1970s and became the first Canadian accepted into the prestigious Magnum Photo Agency.
He just recently received a career achievement prize from the Ontario Arts Foundation.
Towell is scheduled to sign copies of his 2008 book, The World from My Front Porch, at an opening reception Jan. 21, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the London, Ontario, gallery at 157 Carling St.
The collection of photographs of Towell’s family life were taken over several years on and near his farm. The exhibition also includes domestic scenes of Mennonite migrant workers from Towell’s earlier book The Mennonites.
On Jan. 28, 2 p.m., the gallery will screen Towell’s film, Indecisive Moments. The video diary was honoured at the 2007 New York International Independent Film Festival.
A second exhibition of Towell’s work runs Jan. 21 to April 1 at Museum London, 421 Ridout St., N., in downtown London.
Larry Towell: Danger and Aftermath, features work exploring conflicts over issues of land, control and identity in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, as well as images from 9/11 and Afghanistan.
An opening reception is set for Jan. 27, 8 p.m.
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