Hank Young - The Gladstone Cowboy, 2009
On the TTC:
Saturday the 1st, Wednesday the 12th

Hank Young - The Gladstone Cowboy, 2009
On the TTC:
Sunday the 16th, Monday the 24th

Artist Statement

It is not often one meets a cowboy at Toronto's City Hall. That is where I met the colouful local character known as Hank the Gladstone Cowboy in March 2009. Within five minutes of our meeting, we agreed to work together on creating a short documentary on his life. It was the beginning of several months of hanging out with Hank at his usual haunts and learning more about the cowboy who loved country music.

Hank Young passed away in October 2009. The many excursions that we had planned to film came to an abrupt end. His unexpected passing meant no more nights at the Newfie bar, no more nights of Gladstone Karaoke, no more shared rums in his apartment and no more of the stories that Hank always had tucked away, waiting for the right moment to share a laugh.

Hank would have loved this attention.

Artist Bio

Nancy Paiva was born in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania and raised in Buffalo, New York. She moved to Toronto when she married in 1988. Nancy bought her first DSLR four years ago and quickly became interested in documenting people and telling their story with the still image. Her passion to learn then evolved into combining video with the still image to better tell the story. Recently, the purchase of a medium format film camera has sparked another learning curve and she will continue to document people with all available technologies.

Nancy Paiva is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Ontario.

Photo credits include Our Canada Magazine, The National Post, Now Magazine, Harbourfront, The National Ballet of Canada, Metroland Media Group, , Toronto Life Magazine, Up! Magazine, Spacing Magazine, Photosho Magazine and Photosensitive's Cancer Connections.

Artist Contact

www.nancypaiva.com
nancythephotographer@gmail.com