Wells produces second area pictorial book

December 4, 2013 · 0 Comments

Noted photographer Donna Wells captured the natural beauty of north Dufferin in her depiction of landscape that a mega-quarry would have torn asunder, and used the photos for her first local publication.

The experience of exploring the countryside convinced the “part-time Dufferin resident” that the vista of the whole watershed area is worth preserving and inspired her to produce a second photographic publication.

She is calling the current publication “Watershed Communities of the Headwaters Region,” and has covered a lot of ground in the 98 pages of full-colour photos, many with a single photo but others with two or as many as four.

She says she toured and took photos, “several hundred,” between June and September 2012 for the production of this book.

Commenting on her first book, “Landscapes and the proposed Mega-Quarry,” she says in her introduction, she says she was surprised that The Highland Companies had said the area “did not exhibit a complete or intact cultural landscape of significance.”

Donna, who holds a PhD, is a retired academic with a residence in Toronto and a farm in Dufferin. Her daughter Sarah, who penned commentaries for the book, is a lawyer and human rights activist.

Donna trained with several famous Canadian photographers to hone her photographic fine arts capabilities and has attended at least one National Geographic workshop in Washington, D.C. She is a member of Dufferin Arts Council, Dufferin County Museum, Bruce Trail Conservancy, and several digital photography clubs in Toronto.

Anyone wishing to purchase a copy of the new book can order directly from Donna at donnawells1@mac.com. The cost is $50, she said in an email.

Supplies might be limited but, “I will request printing on an as ordered basis,” she said.

By Wes Keller