Comments on: The Lounge Week 24: Joanne Ratajczak

By: Joanne Ratajczak, Toronto

Joanne Ratajczak, Toronto — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:00:44 +0000

[...] and then to Canada in 1988. She eventually graduated with a BFA from York in Visual Arts. Of her work she says, ‘Right now I’m in transition from assisting to shooting. For a long time I [...]

By: Daniel Ehrenworth

Daniel Ehrenworth — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:07:58 +0000

For some reason her photographs remind me of Paul Simon songs (both the content and the satisfaction you feel when you hear em) mixed with a bit of Charlotte Gainsbourg and the better photographs of Wolfgang Tillmans. Stuff like that sure don’t happen with my vacation snaps. Great photographs Joanne! Make like a million more.

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:34:30 +0000

Hi Jan,
I’m Liz and i’m the one who posted The Lounge this week. What i see in Joanne’s work is a very distinct vision that’s very consistent. Her colour sense is beautiful and delicate. She’s able to tell us through landscape and portraiture what the identity of an environment is. There’s a subtlety to her work that asks you to look closer and find the details in her images and i think that’s a part of the charm of her photography. I like Joanne’s deliberate, meditative vision. I don’t see these as vacation snaps at all but if you’re vacation snaps look like that – then send them my way.

By: johann

johann — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:57:21 +0000

Nice photographs.. took me on a trip across Canada this morning which I haven’t done for some time. Thanks Joanne !

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:18:01 +0000

Hi Heather – been reading your blog for a while and I have a question. What do you see in Joanne’s work that makes it exception and “art” photo worth? To me, it looks like lots of snapshots – many like those I have that have been taken on various vacations, etc. I’m really curious about what makes some photos art and others just snapshots. Thanks.