Melanie Hamilton with an exhibition gallery
Better late then never, but the past month the Christina Parker Gallery on 7 Plank Rd, St. John’s has been showing Melanie Hamilton ~ Roadside Camping: On Common Ground. Running till the 2nd of April, you’ve got another week or so to visit and view.
From the website:

Photo: Melanie Hamilton
Roadside Camping: On Common Ground is a photographic exploration of the people who camp along the roadsides and in the gravel pits throughout Newfoundland. This body of work is about freedom and tradition. There are 31 8×10 silver gelatin contact prints in this series.
The resulting portraits are of the berry pickers, fishers and senior citizens of this province. Some have carved communities out of gravel pits dating back to the 1950s. Others camp along the Trans Canada Highway where friends are guaranteed to gather. This is not the stereotypical laundry-hanging-out Newfoundlander invented by the government tourism department. These are honest, take-me-or-leave-me, would-you-like-the-shirt-off-my-back, islanders.
Only on till the 2nd of April, so don’t delay!