Ted grant photographer biography examples

Ted Grant is one of Canada’s most accomplished and prolific photojournalists with 280,000 images in the National Archives of Canada and another 100,000 images in the National Gallery of Canada’s Museum of Contemporary Photography.

These images, which comprise the largest collection by an individual photographer in the history of Canada, were honored by the University of Victoria with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree in recognition of his remarkable and outstanding career.

Referred to as the father of Canadian photojournalism, Dr.

Ted, as he is affectionately known, has been creating iconic images for well over half a century, quietly clicking with “the eye of an artist, the concentration of a surgeon and the reflexes of a cat.” Grant has published eight books, three of them dedicated to the work of medical professionals.

In 2003 “Doctors’ Work: The Legacy of Sir William Osler” was republished, followed in 2004 by “Women in Medicine: A Celebra