Thaddeus Holownia has travelled to the major salmon rivers of eastern Canada, in all seasons, to capture their essential qualities. Employing his signature, large-format 7"x17" view camera, his images memorialize and celebrate the riparian habitat of the Atlantic salmon: its geology, forests, pools and runs, as well as its cultural artifacts. Among the rivers being featured are the Pinware in Labrador, Humber in Newfoundland, the Margaree in Cape Breton, the Miramichi, Upsalquich and Restigouche in New Brunswick, the Grand Cascapedia in Gaspe, and the Penobscot in Maine.

Thaddeus Holownia is a celebrated photographer. He has exhibited internationally, won numerous grants and awards including a Fulbright Fellowship and the Strathbutler Award for lifetime achievement. His work can be found in many public and private collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Centre for Architecture and The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. He has been a professor at Mount Allison University since 1977 and is currently serving as the Department Head of the Fine Arts Program.

The show will open on Thursday March 27th but the reception will be held on Thursday May 1 at 7:00 pm. At this time the artist will be present and will be launching a book created in collaboration with writer Harry Thurston.

Harry Thurston was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and grew up on the family farm. He holds a degree in Biology from Acadia University. Since 1977 has worked as a full-time freelance journalist, poet and playwright.

He lives with his wife on the banks of the Tidnish River in Cumberland County. His poetry has also appeared in the following journals: The Antigonish Review, The Canadian Forum, The Dalhousie Review, The Fiddlehead, First Encounter, Grain, Pottersfield Portfolio, Poetry Toronto and Prism International. His articles have appeared in the following magazines: Atlantic Insight, Audubon, Books in Canada, Canadian Art, Equinox, Harrowsmith, National Geographic, Quill & Quire, Reader's Digest, Rotunda and Yankee Homes.

Harry has been winner of the 1986 and 1987 Canadian Science Writer's Association Science & Society Award, the 1983 National Magazine Award for Science & Technology, and the 1982 Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Letters Author's Award for Public Affairs. The author will be reading from the Silver Ghost book and copies will be available for sale. Come and meet the acclaimed photographer and author.