Canada & Beyond
Canada et d'ailleurs
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David H. Clendenning, Photographic Artist ABOUT David Clendenning’s unique “culturescape” photography presents compelling views of architectural, heritage and natural spaces from his travels in Canada, Europe and the United States. WORK PORTFOLIO David’s rich and vibrant works are strongly influenced by his love of art and craftsmanship from antiquity to the present, and are guided by a desire to capture the aesthetics, character and history of the landmarks he photographs. A constant theme in his work is a visual emphasis on elements of our heritage environment such as decorative art and design, ornamental ironwork and stone statuary. David continues to build on his photographic collection. Since 2007, David has participated in many juried exhibitions, solo shows and private presentations. His fine art prints are held in private, corporate and institutional collections in Canada, the U.S.A. and abroad. David served as a career Canadian diplomat and Trade Commissioner, 1971-2011. He has strong international roots having lived in the U.S.A., United Kingdom, Nigeria, Turkey and Trinidad and Tobago. David is a graduate of the Algonquin College Photography Techniques Program (2016). He currently lives and works in Ottawa. |
David Clendenning, Photographer & Observer, 2016.
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. |
"The photographer has to have a sense of passion and a sense of purpose"
Robert Frank, Photographer, 1956.
When my Photography really started
David at Ephesus, Turkey in 1989
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Visiting an old friend at the Numerat Dag sacred site in 1989.
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Love of history is a family affair
Canada's First Industrial Design
David with his restored Clendinneng Foundry "Prince of Wales" double stove, c1861., Montreal.
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Corporations Canada (Patent Office) Industrial Design Poster. - Clendinneng's "Prince of Wales" Double Stove was the first design registered under the Industrial Design Act of 1861.
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Title: Fire Insurance Map - Clendinneng Foundry, Montreal (Est'd 1810). NMC 16283.
Impressively Splendid Original Canadian Red Ensign of 1868
Authenticated by the Canadian Heraldry Authority in 2010 as the earliest known Canadian Red Ensign, 1868. Private collection of David Clendenning, (photo 2008).
David in Killarney Park, Georgian Bay, Canada, 2012
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David & Gay in Tuscany, Italy, October, 2014
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Hobbit in the Forest - Bon Echo, Ontario, October 2015. By A.H. Morgan
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David in front of Young's General Store, Wawa, August 2016.
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David on Sandy Beach, Wawa, ON., 2016.
Photography is a craft, an art, a point of view.
'In whatever one does, there must be a relationship between the eye and the heart'
Lengendary French Photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson 1908-2004
Clendenning Photographic Fine Art Prints
Clendenning fine art photographs allow viewers to connect with locales across Canada and beyond that retain the traces of the natural and culture elements that withstand the passage of time. David Clendenning believes that the more detail and clarity seen in prints the more universal are their appeal.
Quality prints are as collectable as other applied visual art formats. Clendenning prints fit easily into display areas found in residences, estates, villas, cottages, museums, government and corporate locations.
Quality prints are as collectable as other applied visual art formats. Clendenning prints fit easily into display areas found in residences, estates, villas, cottages, museums, government and corporate locations.
Canada - Ocean to Ocean
Illustration of a early Photographer in the Canadian West, 1908
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"Beauty is the visible expression of man's pleasure in labour" |
The natural environment in art
The land has been been an inspiration for Canadian artists since its early settlement. David Clendenning has been strongly influenced by the imagery created by early prominent artists and photographers, particularly those that travelled at the time of the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the late 19th century to capture the beauty of central and western Canada. Their landscape imagery and later the wilderness paintings of the Group of Seven artists in the 1900s had a major influence on Canadian national and regional awareness.
Visual Contribution
Many of Clendenning's wilderness photographs are reminiscent of Canadian historical oil and watercolour landscape artworks.
Visual Contribution
Many of Clendenning's wilderness photographs are reminiscent of Canadian historical oil and watercolour landscape artworks.
Mount Edith Cavell,
Order No.: L3-6709,
Canadian Rockies
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Canadian historical artwork -
Mount Stephen, Canadian Rockies (watercolour),
Frederic Bell-Smith (1846-1923),
Canadian landscape painter.
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Organizations
Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers
NATO Council of Canada
Canadian International Council (CIC), Ottawa
Garden Writers Association
Royal Canadian Military Institute, Toronto
Sir Winston Churchill Society of Ottawa
Heritage Ottawa
NATO Council of Canada
Canadian International Council (CIC), Ottawa
Garden Writers Association
Royal Canadian Military Institute, Toronto
Sir Winston Churchill Society of Ottawa
Heritage Ottawa