Eliza Moore

For Contact 2023, I have produced quirky and bold constructed collages showing how trash mars the landscape and affects plants and wildlife. Juxtapositions of the beautiful, the strange, and the horrific are the focus of my camera, especially near water, whether it is Lake Ontario or the Indian Ocean. Ingredients include burnt rubber, overflowing trashcans, large broken glass fragments, snack wrappers and the ubiquitous plastic bottle set against backgrounds of sunrise, colourful flower gardens, wildlife, and iconic landscapes such as the Toronto skyline. Images for this project were taken from 2006 to 2022. I want to get people to laugh about garbage and think more seriously about how to reduce it.

Eliza Moore is a self-taught documentary and art photographer based in Toronto. Her career in urban design, architecture and project management allows her to observe and document development and conservation in the city, the infrastructure behind it, and other topical issues. Current works in progress are set in the Toronto waterfront and around the Great Lakes. Moore’s work has been shown at Gallery 44 and the Rectory Gallery on Toronto Island, and in numerous group exhibitions in Toronto and Montreal.

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Contact: eliza_moore@yahoo.com
Website: www.eccentricmontage.com
IG: @mooreeliza

May 6th to May 28th, 2023
Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw St, Toronto
Hallway Galleries, 2nd and 3rd floors

Artist Talk and Tour
Saturday, May 13th, 2023
11am & 1pm