See music by way of the lens of Pembroke photographer; exhibit on now

There’s a photograph exhibit on the Pembroke Mall proper now that’s price slowing down for.

Spend a couple of minutes with it, and also you notice fairly shortly it’s greater than only a assortment of images. In reality, you’ll really feel like you might be surrounded by live shows. Not simply any live shows both — these are moments frozen in time by native photographer Dennis Corrigan, who’s been chasing music with a digicam for many of his life.

The exhibit options greater than 75 images, and each appears like somewhat backstage move. Some had been taken proper right here at house, at native exhibits the place the gang is shut and the power is loud. Others come from a lot farther afield — locations like Singapore and London, England — proof that wherever Dennis traveled, music wasn’t far behind.

He didn’t simply decide up a digicam at some point both. Dennis studied pictures within the three-year program at Conestoga College, then went on to work at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited in Chalk River as a part of a busy workforce of eight photographers. So yeah — he is aware of his means round a lens.

But what makes this exhibit stand out isn’t simply the technical ability. It’s the sensation behind it. Music and pictures have at all times been his two massive pursuits, and this show is what occurs when these worlds collide in the very best means.

Sometimes Dennis was proper up entrance, working because the official photographer at native live shows. Other instances, he was simply one other fan within the crowd, digicam in hand — again within the day, a 35mm Pentax, later swapped out for digital. Either means, he was there, catching the moments most of us would miss.

There’s additionally a little bit of rock-and-roll historical past woven in. He’s an enormous Beatles fan — the sort who by no means acquired the prospect to see them dwell (incorrect period, sadly), however made some extent of seeing those who carried on. That love for music exhibits up within the images — you’ll be able to inform he’s not simply documenting the scene, he’s a part of it.

The complete factor is on show on the mall for the following few weeks, and it’s price a wander by way of. Whether you’re into pictures, dwell music, or only a good story informed in snapshots, you’ll in all probability end up lingering somewhat longer than you anticipated.

It’s not only a picture exhibit. It’s a lifetime of live shows, one body at a time.