Kryn Taconis - Photojournalist

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Preface
Photography has contributed to a new approach to reality: that of seizing an elusive moment and capturing it for posterity. Since 1839, the memory of nations has been enriched by a new source of information that complements other types of records, such as manuscripts and illustrations. The National Archives of Canada was quick to recognize the historic interest of visual records; today it has over thirteen million photographs in its holdings.
In this year of 1989, which marks the 150th anniversary of the invention of photography, the National Archives of Canada wishes to highlight an aspect of this field that accounts for a large pars of its collections: photojoumalism. As its vehicle it has Chosen the work of the Dutch-born Canadian photograph'er, Kryn Taconis, whose reputation for excellence as a photojournalist is recognized both nationally and internationally.
Kryn Taconis has left us as his legacy a Body of work that stretches over thirty-five years from 1944 to 1979. As a member of the Resistance, he rast a special light upon the grave privation of the people of Amsterdam, who were starved by the German occupiers during the winter of 1944-1945. Taconis later was associated with the celebrated Magnum agency for ten years. It was during this period that he proved himself as an independent photographer and displayed his sympathies and his humanist affinities in numerous stories from all over the world. His award-winning piece an the mining disaster at Marcinelle, Belgium, illustrates not only the catastrophe itself, but the photographer's emotions as well. Finally, his
 

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