A new Canadian publishing house says it has a mandate to publish the best of Canada's visual arts.
Magenta Publishing, based in Toronto, launches its first book, Carte Blanche, on April 26.
The book is a collection of the work of Canada's best photographers, including internationally recognized names such as Edward Burtynsky, Yuri Dojc, Janieta Eyre, Angela Grauerholz, Rita Leistner, Laura Letinsky and Governor General's Award-winner Arnaud Maggs.
The 300-page book aims to showcase the range of photographic talent in Canada.
The work has been selected by a jury of arts professionals. Several emerging young photographers will be featured along with work by well-known talent.
"I guess a large part of my desire and passion to proceed with this came from living in New York and attending photo festivals where I do book reviews – and some of the best work I was reviewing was Canadian. [And I thought] what is going on at my home? What's happening here? Why isn't it coming across to me more?" MaryAnn Camilleri, founder of Magenta, told CBC Radio.
Camilleri says she did some investigating and found that Canada was producing world-class artists, sculptors, architects and photographers, but there was no publisher creating a record of their work. That led to the idea for Magenta, she said.
Camilleri, who had worked in the U.S. for 10 years, returned to Canada to begin the publishing house.
Magenta is setting up a distribution network in the United States, Europe and Asia, and Camilleri says her goal is to spread the work of Canadian artists around the globe. Magenta also plans to join forces with galleries to promote the work of Canadian artists.
Carte Blanche, with a foreword by Douglas Coupland, is to be launched this spring in Canada and in the fall in the U.S. The book will sell for $75.
The second project is another collection of photos from Canada's best emerging photographers.
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