{"product_id":"greg-girard-photographs-1971-2026","title":"Greg Girard: Photographs 1971-2026","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ePre-sales are on now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBooks will be available for pick up at The Polygon Gallery beginning on opening night of Greg Girard's solo exhibition on Thursday, July 9 at 7:00pm. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eLimited quantities available. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwenty-five unique, special editions of the book will be available for purchase beginning on July 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe catalogue for the first-ever career survey of Greg Girard, one of Canada’s most important contemporary photographers. The exhibition highlights Girard’s deep engagement with the urban landscape, beginning with his early work in Vancouver, where he documented the city’s streets, neighbourhoods, and shifting social fabric in the 1970s and 1980s. His images from this period, collected in \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.thepolygon.ca\/collections\/greg-girard\/products\/greg-girard-under-vancouver\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnder Vancouver, 1972–1982\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2017), reveal a city in flux and a photographer attuned to both human presence and architectural change, offering an intimate yet expansive portrait of Vancouver’s history and culture. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAn early interest in Asia resulted in his living for decades in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai where he captured these cities extraordinary and often tumultuous transformations at the end of the 20th century and into the 21st. His record of life in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City in \u003cem\u003eCity of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e (1993, first edition; 1999, reprint) and in \u003cem\u003eCity of Darkness Revisited\u003c\/em\u003e (2014, first edition; 2021, reprint) co-authored with Ian Lambot, have formed the basis for countless reimaginings of a dystopian\/romantic, Asia-influenced, urbanized near future in film and video games. These images, along with the work in \u003cem\u003ePhantom Shanghai \u003c\/em\u003e(2007), illustrate the tension between memory and progress, the built environment and human experience, and have earned international acclaim. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHis photographs have appeared in a wide range of internationally circulating publications, such as \u003cem\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFortune\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eSunday Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e (UK). The retrospective offers a sweeping view of Girard’s career, from Vancouver to Asia’s largest most dynamic cities, tracing his evolution as a photographer and his unparalleled ability to capture cities in transition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eForeword by Reid Shier\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Elliott Ramsey\u003cbr\u003eTexts by Roy Arden, Hà Đào, and Silke Schmickl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eDesigned by The Office of Gilbert Li \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eHardcover with jacket\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e9\" × 11.5”\u003cbr\u003e356 Pages with 200+ photographs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by the Magenta Foundation in partnership with The Polygon Gallery \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 978-1-926856-20-9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Polygon Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50723899703542,"sku":"210000019113","price":100.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/8164\/1636\/files\/Greg-Girard---Photographs-1972-_-2026--_1_-1.jpg?v=1779396490","url":"https:\/\/store.thepolygon.ca\/products\/greg-girard-photographs-1971-2026","provider":"The Polygon Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}