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about

May 11th, '12 - Wooden Shoe Photogaphy is a website for showcasing the work of Geordie Mott (b. 1976), a Canadian photographer based in Halifax, NS, specializing in documentary, editorial and commercial photography. He is a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design photography and media arts department.

In 2010, Geordie participated in a Magnum Photo masterclass at the Contact Photo Festival in Toronto and he also traveled to Haiti that summer to help film,"The Lives of The Saints: Achante", a documentary examinging Haiti's collisions and convergences of Vodou and Catholic religions.

For the first few months of 2012, Geordie has become obsessed with the website Blurb and began creating and publishing his own books and three of the projects highlighted here are available for on-line purchase through Blurb.

In January, Geordie completed producing imagery for the Canada Games Centre, a brand new mulit-million dollar sports facility built just outside Halifax. That work encompassed creating photographs for use in their website, listing guides and promotional material. Some of that work is displayed here and on the Centre's website as well.

More recentlty this month, Geordie has started a Twitter account at geordie@woodenshoephoto . Up next week, Geordie will be taking part in MediaStorm's on-line multimedia workshops that focus on creating multi-dimensional, web-based, documentary work through photography, video and audio research.

photography

film and video

Make Breastfeeding Your Business (2011) with the Pictou County Health Authority

This is a 10 min video we made in tandem with the Pictou County Health Authority on the health benefits of breastfeeding. The entire video was produced, directed, filmed, recorded and edited by woodenshoephotography. Click on the link above to view some of the positive and, interesting, responses the subject of breastfeeding garners on YouTube.com

FIRST WORDS Trailer (2011) from Fabien Melanson on Vimeo.

The trailer for 'First Words' appeared just in time before the short film's premiere screening at the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax 2011. This was a 5 minute short film shot in 35mm that was directed by Fabien Melanson and produced by Simon Thibault as part of AFCOOP's Film 5 program. Geordie worked as a camera assistant on 'First Word' as a part of the Film 5 trainee program.

Achantè Extended Trailer from Mazibel on Vimeo.

The Lives Of The Saints: Achante (2011)

In July of 2010 Geordie traveled to Haiti with Mazibel Productions for a Canadian/UK production for the film 'The Lives Of The Saints: Achante'. The film has recently premiered in North America, this past September, at the Hell's Kitchen Film Festival in their Short's Competition. And in more recent news, the film has been selected to screen at a little festival in the quaint sea side town of Cannes, in the south of France. Geordie was a second unit camera on this gorgeous film that explores the convergences between Catholic and Vodouissant culture through stylized vignettes of important characters in the Haitian religious mileu.

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....I have opened my firdt ever Twitter account and I wish I had done it sooner. Scroll down to the contact section to sign up for 160 character Haikus....

events

In the second week of May, Geordie will be taking part in MediaStorm's on-line multimedia workshops that focus on creating multi-dimensional, web-based, documentary work through photography, video and audio research. And the film 'The Lives of The Saints: Achante' will be shown at this year's Cannes Film Festival in France !! Great job to everyone at Mazibel Productions for their hard work.

exhibitions

In September of this year, Geordie will have an exhibition 'La Vierge Miracle' at the Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, NS. No official dates have been finalized yet, but the show is meant to run concurrently with the anticipated Martime premiere of 'The Lives of The Saints: Achante' at the Atlantic Film Festival.

contact

geordie mott

woodenshoephotography@gmail.com

mobile: +1.902.292.6688

home: +1.902.405.5384

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faq

- Is the work on your web site for sale? Who should I contact about purchasing a print?

- Most of the work on this web site is available for purchase in various sizes, framed or unframed. Please contact me for more information.

- Does Geordie do commercial / editorial work?

- Yes, I am available for a variety of assignments whether they are commercial, editorial or documentary in either photography or film.

- How do I obtain permission to use images from this website?

- Please send me an email with a description of the proposed use of the images.

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