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- James W. Borcoman CM D.F.A. LL. D. (January 17, 1926 – October 29, 2019), also known as Jim Borcoman, was the founding curator of photography, National Gallery of Canada from 1971 to 1994. He was a pioneer in promoting photography as an art form in Canada, having established the Photographs Collection at the National Gallery in 1967 as the first of its kind in Canada, and developing its growth to over 19,000 objects, resulting in a collection known for the quality of its nineteenth and twentieth century holdings and for its exhibitions and publications. He also promoted contemporary Canadian photographers and was himself a photographer with work in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. (en)
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- James Willmott Borcoman (en)
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- Honourable Mention and Blue Ribbon Award, American Film Festival, 1964; Distinguished Achievement award Photographic History Society New York ; seal City of Arles ; bronze medal from the Leipzig International Book Fair for Charles Nègre, 1820-1880; Doctor of Fine Arts, Honoris Causa, Carleton University, Ottawa ; Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa,Concordia University, Montreal ; Member of the Order of Canada (en)
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- James Willmott Borcoman (en)
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- Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario, Canada (en)
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- Society for Photographic Education, (en)
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- Honours BA University of New Brunswick ; MFA, history of photography University of Buffalo with Beaumont Newhall and Nathan Lyons, with two years of research at the George Eastman Museum, Rochester (en)
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- Founding curator of photography , National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (en)
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- Therese Jomphe (en)
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- James W. Borcoman CM D.F.A. LL. D. (January 17, 1926 – October 29, 2019), also known as Jim Borcoman, was the founding curator of photography, National Gallery of Canada from 1971 to 1994. He was a pioneer in promoting photography as an art form in Canada, having established the Photographs Collection at the National Gallery in 1967 as the first of its kind in Canada, and developing its growth to over 19,000 objects, resulting in a collection known for the quality of its nineteenth and twentieth century holdings and for its exhibitions and publications. He also promoted contemporary Canadian photographers and was himself a photographer with work in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. (en)
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