The Multiple Selves of Hannah Maynard

Name: The Multiple Selves of Hannah Maynard
Director: Elizabeth Lazebnik
Released: 2004-01-01

2004 · 12 min

A glimpse into the unique, eccentric mind of a pioneering Canadian photographer, Hannah Maynard (1834-1918). Born in England, Maynard immigrated with her family to Vancouver Island in 1862, where she set up her own portrait studio. After the sudden death of her youngest daughter, she produced a troubling series of experimental images that reflected her haunted state - an attempt to contact her beloved daughter's spirit.

Directed by Elizabeth Lazebnik

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Toronto's diverse culture and heritage are explored through a couple's belongings, juxtaposed with the neighborhood in which they live.

Already a successful portrait photographer, Hannah sets to reinvent this art form. Abandoning herself to a creative process that might easily be mistaken for madness, she's soon visited by mirror images of herself, as well as her daughter's ghost. Inspired by the life of photographer Hannah Maynard (1834-1918).

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