Canada & Beyond
Canada et d'ailleurs
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David H. Clendenning, Photographic Artist ABOUT David Clendenning is an architectural photographer concentrating on design and architecture within urban centres. 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, near Keltic Lodge, Cape Breton, 2014.
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. |
Clendenning Services
- Beautiful, high quality fine art prints
- Reprography for appraisers, museums, collectors, art galleries. estate insurance, art experts, restorers and conservationists.
- Photography work for real estate companies, insurance coverage, developers, companies.
- Portrait photography
- Digital memories - scanning and photographing family memories, memorabilia, homes and cottages, etc
"The photographer has to have a sense of passion and a sense of purpose"
Robert Frank, Photographer, 1956.
When my Photography really started
David Clendenning, Trade Commissioner, Canadian High Commission. Visit to the Maiduguri market, Borno State, Nigeria, 1981, during the State Visit of PM Pierre Trudeau.
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David Clendenning, Trade Commissioner, Canadian Embassy, at Ephesus, Turkey in 1989.
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David Clendenning visiting an old friend, Antiochus 1 from about 50 BC, at the sacred site of Numerat Dag, eastern Turkey in 1989.
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Title: David Clendenning at Izak Casa Palace.
Order No.: A1-1988.
Location: Eastern Turkey
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Title: David Clendenning in Jaipur, India in mid-1990s.
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Title: David Clendenning in Killarney Provincial Park, Northern Ontario, 2012.
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Travel Photos
Visiting New Zealand: David Clendenning and Tony Burger, 2011.
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With friends in London, England.
David Clendenning, Richard Ashton, Paul Phillips, 2011.
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David Clendenning & Gay Haskins in Tuscany, Italy, October, 2014
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David Clendenning with Ely Cathedral guide on the roof of the 800 year old bell tower, October, 2016
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David Clendenning with his Amigo at Gibraltar, 13 Dec. 2017
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David Clendenning in Seville, Spain, November, 2017
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David Clendenning, Former Director and honorary Board member of the Canadian Turkish Business Council (CTBC) with his good friend, Mike Ward, Executive Director, CTBC. Both Trade Commissioners with a strong and long connection with Turkey. Photo taken at the Canada-Turkey Business Conference in Toronto, December, 13, 2018. David served in Turkey at the Canadian Embassy, Ankara, 1987-89, and Mike at the Canadian Consulate, Istanbul, 1990s.
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Title: Clendenning Family Christmas in Boston, 2019. Brother Philip, Max, David and Sara.
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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 Membership
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
Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Toronto/Ottawa
American Research Institute in Turkey
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
Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Toronto/Ottawa
American Research Institute in Turkey
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 |