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WOOD, Sally Elizabeth (Sally Eliza)
- Born
- Brome Township, Quebec, 1857
- Died
- , 1928
- Biography synopsis
- Wood's career as a professional photographer began with work as an apprentice in William Notman's Montreal studio. Upon completing her apprenticeship, Wood returned to her home, in what was then Brome County, Quebec, to work for John A. Wheeler at his studio in the town of Knowlton. After Wheeler retired in 1897, Wood opened her own Knowlton studio which she ran until 1907. In 1905, along with her studio portraits, Wood produced a series of illustrated postcards comprised of photographs she had taken of the town of Knowlton and the surrounding countryside. These postcards were published and distributed by the Scottish publishing house James Valentine and Sons. Some of her work can be found in the collections of the McCord Museum in Montreal.
- Media used
- Photography
- Education
- Private study (under William Notman)
- File & Archive locations
- McCord Museum Archives, QC
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- Eastern Townships Resource Centre Archival & Photo Collection, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Bureau, Lucie. Le portrait photographique au Québec: Les cas de Sally Eliza Wood (1857-1928) et de Marie-Alice Dumont (1892-1985). Montreal: Université de Montréal, 2007
- Bureau, Lucie. Sous l'œil de la photographe: Portraits de femmes, 1898-2003 / In the Eye of Women Photographers: Portraits of Women, 1898-2003. Val-d'Or: Centre d'exposition de Val-d'Or, 2004
- Georges, Karoline. "Dispositifs du regard." Vie des arts 50.201 (2005-2006): 71-72
- Marcil, Madeleine. Femmes et photographie au Québec, 1839-1940 Montreal: Université du Québec à Montréal, 1990
- Marcil, Madeleine. "Images de femmes: Les Québécoises photographes." Cap-aux-Diamants: La revue d'histoire du Québec 21 (1990): 39-41
- Mousseau, Sylvie. "Des clichés qui mettent en lumière un héritage photographique." L'Acadie Nouvelle 27 Oct. 2006: 33
- Skidmore, Colleen. Rare Merit: Women in Photography in Canada, 1840-1940 Vancouver: UBC Press, 2022
