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
Origins of the Glendinnings/Glendennings reach back to 13th Century Scotland
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Clendinning/Clendenning/Clendinneng settlers from Ireland arrived in Canada and the United States in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
William C. Clendinneng 1833-1907 Quebec, Canada William C. Clendinneng (June 22, 1833 - June 21, 1907) was an irish-born manufacturer, philanthropist and political figure in Quebec. He was the owner of The William Clendinneng & Son Company, one of Canada’s most important foundries, in operation from 1868 to 1904. Born in Cavan, William Clendinneng arrived in Canada in 1847 at the young age of 14. Clendinneng joined the William Rodden foundry* located at Griffintown, near the Lachine canal, Montréal.** He started as a clerk in 1852, aged 19. Within six years he was a partner; within 16, the owner in 1868. The company's name was then changed to the Wm. Clendinneng foundry. Under Clendinneng the business developed into the largest foundry in Canada. The foundry was a significant player in the early industrial growth of Montréal. Clendinneng’s son, William Jr., joined the business in 1884 and the company took the name the Wm. Clendinneng & Son Company (Limited). The firm was federally incorporated on August 15, 1893. By 1886, the foundry’s 450 workers made castings of all types, including: architectural and ornamental ironwork; agricultural and railway castings; drain and gas pipes; stoves, ranges, furnaces, and hollow ware; and household goods --—the tools of the homestead farms and Canada’s urbanization. The foundry participated in the Great Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 in Britain and Paris’ 1855 Exposition. Canada’s first industrial design was a Clendinneng double stove, registered in 1861. The foundry also made the stately main gates and fence for Rideau Hall. Clendenneng was also owner of the Canada Pipe & Foundry Company. Clendinneng was a dedicated Methodist and a founding member and president of the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society of Montréal (IPBS; est. 1856). He was a board member of many different societies, including the Montréal Protestant House of Industry and Refuge, the Montréal General Hospital, the Montreal Protestant House of Industry and Refuge, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Young Men’s Christian Association. Clendinneng played a prominent role in the civic life of Montréal as an alderman for the Sainte-Antoine riding on the city council from 1876 to 1879 and from 1888 to 1893. He introduced many improvements to the Montréal’s civic regulations and bylaws, and served as Acting Mayor in 1888. He represented Montreal division No. 4 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 as a Conservative. The foundry ceased operations in 1904; however, the legacy of William Clendinneng Sr. and his son, William Jr., will forever be associated with iron manufacturing. William Clendinneng Sr. is buried at the Mount Royal Cemetery, Montréal. Under the 1893 Federal Charter, The William Clendinneng & Son Company (Limited), was reorganized in 1980 as a private family holding company. David H. Clendenning is the current President. Footnotes: *The origins of the foundry date back to a forge founded in Montreal in 1810 by Samuel Hedge of Massachusetts. **The industrial revolution started in Canada with the building of the Lachine Canal in 1827. |
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Canada's First Industrial Design - Artistry in Cast Iron
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).
Rare 1868 “Red Ensign” Flag
This pristine Canadian “Red Ensign” flag has been in the private collection of David Hamlin Clendenning, Ottawa, for many years and remained in exceptional condition. Its vibrant red cloth is intact and unfaded. Recognized by experts as Canada’s earliest flag following Confederation.
The importance Canadians attach to it is evident, when you realize that when Canada’s new flag was adopted in 1965, both Ontario and Manitoba applied for and adopted the Red Ensign as their provincial flags. This flag has been part of Canada’s identity, one way or another, since the Hudson Bay Company flew it on their ships and at their trading posts beginning in 1670. It has flown over Canada’s early settlements, outposts, schools and post offices, government buildings, and war graves, for nearly three and a half centuries.
Although the Union Jack was in limited official use in Canada, the Red Ensign, primarily a flag for the British merchant marine, was a popular flag with Canadians. So much so that by 1891 the Governor General, Lord Stanley (he of the Stanley Cup in hockey), declared it is as “the recognized Flag of the Dominion both afloat and ashore.”
This immaculate and large (four feet by seven feet) flag incorporates the Four Province Badge, which is surmounted by the Queen’s Crown. The badge on the fly in composed of the quartering of the arms of the four original provinces.
With the encouragement of Sir John A. MacDonald and through its use on Canadian public buildings, this Red Ensign was widely recognized as Canada’s first “national” flag. When Manitoba joined Confederation in 1870 the five-province badge appeared, followed by a seven-province version to mark the entry of British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, and then a nine-province one in 1905, when Alberta and Saskatchewan joined.
This pristine Canadian “Red Ensign” flag has been in the private collection of David Hamlin Clendenning, Ottawa, for many years and remained in exceptional condition. Its vibrant red cloth is intact and unfaded. Recognized by experts as Canada’s earliest flag following Confederation.
The importance Canadians attach to it is evident, when you realize that when Canada’s new flag was adopted in 1965, both Ontario and Manitoba applied for and adopted the Red Ensign as their provincial flags. This flag has been part of Canada’s identity, one way or another, since the Hudson Bay Company flew it on their ships and at their trading posts beginning in 1670. It has flown over Canada’s early settlements, outposts, schools and post offices, government buildings, and war graves, for nearly three and a half centuries.
Although the Union Jack was in limited official use in Canada, the Red Ensign, primarily a flag for the British merchant marine, was a popular flag with Canadians. So much so that by 1891 the Governor General, Lord Stanley (he of the Stanley Cup in hockey), declared it is as “the recognized Flag of the Dominion both afloat and ashore.”
This immaculate and large (four feet by seven feet) flag incorporates the Four Province Badge, which is surmounted by the Queen’s Crown. The badge on the fly in composed of the quartering of the arms of the four original provinces.
With the encouragement of Sir John A. MacDonald and through its use on Canadian public buildings, this Red Ensign was widely recognized as Canada’s first “national” flag. When Manitoba joined Confederation in 1870 the five-province badge appeared, followed by a seven-province version to mark the entry of British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, and then a nine-province one in 1905, when Alberta and Saskatchewan joined.
Title: Intricate Wood Carving with Canada's Coat-of-arms of 1868-70.
Order No.: A1-8183.
Location: Interior, Library of the Canadian Parliament constructed 1856-1870, Ottawa
Travel Photos
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. Photo by A.H. Morgan
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 its the detail and clarity seen in beautiful prints that creates its universal appeal, and that quality prints are as collectable as other applied visual art formats.
Clendenning prints are a perfect fit for display areas in residences, estates, villas, cottages, museums, government and corporate locations.
David Clendenning believes that its the detail and clarity seen in beautiful prints that creates its universal appeal, and that quality prints are as collectable as other applied visual art formats.
Clendenning prints are a perfect fit for display areas 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 Association of Canada
Canadian International Council (CIC), Ottawa
Garden Writers Association
Royal Canadian Military Institute, Toronto
Sir Winston Churchill Society of Ottawa
Heritage Ottawa
Canada-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Association of New York
NATO Association of Canada
Canadian International Council (CIC), Ottawa
Garden Writers Association
Royal Canadian Military Institute, Toronto
Sir Winston Churchill Society of Ottawa
Heritage Ottawa
Canada-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Association of New York
MISSION |
FINE ART PHOTOGRAHY |
SPECIALIZING IN |
CULTURESCAPES |
Heritage Architecture |
Decorative Ornaments |
Architectural Surfaces |
Landscapes |
Gardens & Botanicals |
Natural Spaces |
Digital Memories |
Commercial Solutions |
Website Design |
Portraits |
Reprography |
Global & Domestic Assignments |