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GILLIAT, Rosemary (Eaton)

Born
England, 1919
Died
Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, 2004
Biography synopsis
Rosemary Cassandra Gilliat was born in England and moved to Sri Lanka, then Ceylon, with her family at a young age. Gilliat taught herself photography and darkroom skills; her photographs were used for book illustrations. After finishing school she moved to London, England and worked for various press agencies until 1940. After the Second World War Gilliat worked as an apprentice to the well-known photojournalist and portrait photographer Bill Brandt, freelanced for the Sunday Observer, and provided illustrations for history and architecture books. In 1952 Gilliat emigrated to Canada where she lived in Ottawa, and later moved to Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. In Canada she worked for magazines such as The Beaver and Macleans. In 1960 she traveled to Frobisher Bay and Cape Dorset, taking photographs for the Department of Northern Affairs. In Nova Scotia, Gilliat became known for her nature photography. Library and Archives Canada hold a large collection of her works and her 1958 image of Senator James Gladstone, Canada's first senator from a treaty First Nation, was used on the new Canada 150 $10 bill.
Media used
Photography
File & Archive locations
National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum, NS
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Writings about
Bassnett, Sarah and S. Bassnett. Photography in Canada, 1839 to 1989 Toronto, On.: Art Canada Institute, 2023
http://www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/photography-in-canada-1839-1989/preface/
Monk, Lorraine. The Female Eye / Coup d'oeil féminin. Ottawa, Ontario: National Film Board of Canada, Still Photography Division, 1975
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Contemporary Artists in Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, 1992
Payne, Carol. A Canadian Document = Un document Canadien Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, 1999
Payne, Carol. The Official Picture: The National Film Board of Canada's Still Photography Division and the Image of Canada Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013
Siemens, Danielle. Photographic Encounters in the North: Rosemary Gilliat Eaton's 1960 Trip to the Eastern Canadian Arctic. Ottawa: Carleton University (M.A. thesis), 2016
http://curve.carleton.ca/system/files/etd/a5e1b888-e637-45ec-b720-0153865efcad/etd_pdf/b70079de047b24d6b4f5a685ec16a395/siemens-photographicencountersinthenorthrosemarygilliat.pdf

Writings by
Eaton, Rosemary. "Hunting Pressures on Nova Scotia's Large Mammals." Nature Canada 4:23 (Jul. - Sept. 1975
Eaton, Rosemary. "Land Ownership in Nova Scotia." Nature Canada 3:39 (Apr. - Jun. 1974)
Eaton, Rosemary. "Lobster Disappearing from the Maritimes." Nature Canada 4:20 (Oct. - Dec. 1975)
Eaton, Rosemary. "Outdoor Nature Centre Opens in Halifax." Nature Canada 4:41 (Mar. 1975)
Eaton, Rosemary. "Rights of Developers versus Rights of the Community?" Nature Canada 2:41 (Apr. - Jun. 1973)
Eaton, Rosemary. "Seeking Escape from the Modern City." Nature Canada 1:35 (Apr. - Jun. 1972)

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