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Canada & Beyond                                                                                    
Canada et d'ailleurs



David H. Clendenning, Photographic Artist

ABOUT

David Clendenning is an architectural photographer concentrating on design and architecture within urban centres.
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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. 



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David Clendenning, Photographer & Observer, near Keltic Lodge, Cape Breton, 2014.

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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


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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.

Travel Photos

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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. 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 in the early 1990s.
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Title: Clendenning Family Christmas in Boston, 2019. Brother Philip, Max, David and Sara.

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Gay Haskins and David Clendenning at the Henley Regatta, 28 June, 2022.
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David Clendenning at the Henley Regatta on a windy day. June 28, 2022.

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David at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. July 5, 2022.

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. 

Canada - Ocean to Ocean


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Illustration of a early Photographer in the Canadian West, 1908
"Beauty is the visible expression of man's pleasure in labour"

Kinngait  (Cape Dorset) Studio brochure, West Baffin Co-operative. September , 1972

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. 

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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.

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

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

Portfolio
Contact
Prints

The Inquisitive eye 

  Themes

Architecture
Built Heritage
Botanicals
Gardens
Flora
Landscapes

Coming soon...
Cityscapes
Waterscapes
Patterns & Textures


North America

Canada
Atlantic Canada
Canadian Rockies
Ontario
Quebec

United States
New England
Southern States
Northern States

Cuba

Europe

Austria
Belgium
England
Latvia
France
 Germany
Scotland
Sweden
Turkey
Russia
Italy
Spain
​Cyprus
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David Clendenning Photography
35 Murray Street
Studio 506
Ottawa, ON, K1N 9M5
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