About the Author

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Sarah Bassnett is a Professor of Art History at Western University, where she specializes in the history of photography and photo-based contemporary art. Her research focuses on the intersections of photography and social change, especially as it relates to issues of power and resistance. Her award-winning book, Picturing Toronto: Photography and the Making of a Modern City (2016), examines photography's role in the liberal reform of the early twentieth century.Sarah Parsons is an Associate Professor in Art History and Visual Culture at York University, where she specializes in the history of photography and modern and Canadian art and also teaches courses on art crime. She is the author of numerous publications on Canadian photography, including William Notman: Life & Work (Art Canada Institute, 2014). Her current research project, ?Feeling Exposed: Photography, Privacy, and Visibility in Nineteenth-Century North America? will culminate in a publication, online essays for the McCord Museum in Montreal, and an exhibition at The Image Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University (2024).