Notman's World
This documentary short is a portrait of Canadian photographer William Notman. Photography was still in its infancy when he opened his first studio in Montreal in the late 1850s. He rapidly turned his art, and a budding technology, into a highly successful business. Within 5 years he was appointed Photographer to the Queen. Not content with doing mere portraiture, he saw photography as a means of documenting history. With the use of props in his studio, composite photographs, and calling on his background as a trained artist, Notman immortalized the people and places of Canada.
This documentary short is a portrait of Canadian photographer William Notman. Photography was still in its infancy when he opened his first studio in Montreal in the late 1850s. He rapidly turned his art, and a budding technology, into a highly successful business. Within 5 years he was appointed Photographer to the Queen. Not content with doing mere portraiture, he saw photography as a means of documenting history. With the use of props in his studio, composite photographs, and calling on his background as a trained artist, Notman immortalized the people and places of Canada.
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directorAlbert Kish
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editingAlbert Kish
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cinematographyBarry Perles
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voiceGraeme DecarieNora HagueRosina Fontein
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location sound recordingHans OomesYves Gendron
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animation cameraPierre LandryRobin L.P. Bain
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electricianGuy Rémillard
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camera assistantSéraphin BouchardCarol Jarry
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musicChris Crilly
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music recordingPhilippe Espantoso
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sound editingBill GraziadeiDiane Le Floc'h
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re-recordingHans Peter Strobl
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photographic printingTom Humphrey
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title designSerge Bouthillier
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unit administratorRobert SpenceRose Hutchinson
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producerWilliam Brind
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executive producerColin Neale
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Notman's World, Albert Kish, provided by the National Film Board of Canada