Tamar Griggs

Tamar Griggs has been photographing her island community, passionately drawn to the people, events and changes in our villages for over twenty years now. Through her camera she has documented the fleeting moments in our lives and ultimately recorded history. The Faces of Salt Spring exhibit will be a showing at ArtSpring in the coming months. Over 300 islanders are in this series of photography and interviews, and if you are not in it, you are bound to know someone who is. This weeks featured Face of Salt Spring is: Jill Louise Campbell, 2014 I was born in a small town by Lake Erie in the early morning mid-summer of 1951. I came here for a yoga weekend at the Salt Spring Centre in 1986 and we moved to Salt Spring Island with our family in 1990. The romantic ideals of living on this island became whispers that became so loud, I knew this was to be home. I was escaping from and running to myself. I experienced deep learning while living in France attending the Sorbo…

For over 20 years Tamar has been photographing her island community, passionately drawn to the people, events and changes in our villages. Through her camera she has documented the fleeting moments in our lives and ultimately recorded history. Over 400 islanders are in this show, and if you are not in it, you are bound to know someone. There also will be a collection of stories by islanders, so you can get a glimpse of the people behind the images. People have passed on, children have grown up, and some of us are getting white hair! We are an eclectic, passionate group of people living on a glorious island we call home. Come and see what we have been up to these past 20 years. You will be delighted and entertained. It will inspire your own stories. You're invited! - A celebration of community - Tamar Griggs Photo Exhibit: Faces of Salt Spring - Opening Party, Sunday April 26, 2015 from 6 - 8 pm at ArtSpring. Donations gladly received at the door. Show runs from April 2…

Tamar Griggs has been photographing her island community, passionately drawn to the people, events and changes in our villages for over twenty years now. Through her camera she has documented the fleeting moments in our lives and ultimately recorded history. The Faces of Salt Spring exhibit will be a showing at ArtSpring in the coming months. Over 300 islanders are in this series of photography and interviews, and if you are not in it, you are bound to know someone who is. This weeks featured Face of Salt Spring is: Róisín Taylor Gill, 2014 I was born September 7th, 2010 in Santa Cruz, California. I came here because of Ya Ya and Baba mostly. I am not in school so I am learning mostly at home. I am learning not to cry when I don’t need to. Actually, I learned to pump on the swing, to write and spell my name, Róisín, baking, and making beds like Jeanne-Marie (Herman) does. I am learning: don’t touch food when Mom and Dad are baking. I help cook, but not when I am sick. …

Tamar Griggs has been photographing her island community, passionately drawn to the people, events and changes in our villages for over twenty years now. Through her camera she has documented the fleeting moments in our lives and ultimately recorded history. The Faces of Salt Spring exhibit will be a showing at ArtSpring in the coming months. Over 300 islanders are in this series of photography and interviews, and if you are not in it, you are bound to know someone who is. This weeks featured Face of Salt Spring is: Jean Brouard, 2000 I was born in Mauritius in 1957 and came to Salt Spring Island in 1996. Sally, my wife, used to come to Salt Spring as a child to visit her aunt and cousins. We bought some recreational property here – moved here from Zimbabwe when CIDA contract ended. Had nowhere else to live. I have a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Aberdeen, a Masters of Science in Forestry and Land Management from Oxford, and a PhD in Forest Genetics with a mi…

Tamar Griggs has been photographing her island community, passionately drawn to the people, events and changes in our villages for over twenty years now. Through her camera she has documented the fleeting moments in our lives and ultimately recorded history. The Faces of Salt Spring exhibit will be a showing at ArtSpring in the coming months. Over 300 islanders are in this series of photography and interviews, and if you are not in it, you are bound to know someone who is. This weeks featured Face of Salt Spring is: Karen Hudson, 2005 I was born in Hasting, Michigan in the 1960s and came to Salt Spring Island at the end of the millennium, 1999. I was drawn here by the strong values in community, the environment, and education to raise my daughter Zorah, who was three. I worked at the Salt Spring Island Conservancy for 7 years. Based on my passion for animals and their protection, I started the successful Species at Risk program in 2004: "The project has received fed…