Paul von Baich
Paul von Baich is a Canadian portrait and wildlife photographer who traveled throughout Canada documenting the life of Canadians and Northern Native people from coast to coast, including landscape and wildlife.[1]
Of Serbian and Austrian parents, von Baich was born in Gratz, Austria, in 1934 and moved to Canada with his widowed mother in the early 1950s. As a freelance photographer he worked on photo-shoots of well-known film and television celebrities for the Public Relations department of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal during the 1960s and the 1970s.[2] He also traveled to the Arctic on photo assignments for the Canadian Museum of Civilization's "Nuvisavik: The Place Where We Weave";[3] Indian and Northern Affairs Canada for "The Story of Canada";[3] Reader's Digest Association (Canada)'s "Handpicked Tours of North America" [4] and Canadian National Library of Canada.
He published several books with other photographers and journalists, namely "Natural History" with Bob Skovbo (1972);[5] "British Columbia: Photographs by Paul von Baich" (1979);[6] "Quebec and The St. Lawrence" with John de Visser;[7] "The Old Kingston Road" (Oxford University Press, 1981);[8] "Light in the Wildernss";[9] "Arctic Landscapes and Traditions" by David F. Pelly;[10] "Canada: A Landscape Portrait" by J. A. Kraulis (1982);[11] "Canada" by Ernest Boyce Inglis (1990);[12] "Salt and Braided Bread: Ukrainian Life in Canada" by Jars Balan (1984).[13]
He is now retired and lives with his wife in British Columbia.
References[edit]
- ^ Lerner, Loren Ruth; Williamson, Mary F. (18 June 1991). Art Et Architecture Au Canada. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802058560. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ York, Funk and Wagnalls Inc, New (18 June 1977). Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia 1977 Yearbook. ISBN 9780834300057. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Google Books.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Lunn, Janet; Moore, Christopher (27 September 2016). The Story of Canada. Scholastic Canada. ISBN 9781443119542. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Association, Canadian Automobile; Association (Canada), Reader's Digest (18 June 1984). Handpicked Tours of North America. Reader's Digest Association (Canada) Limited in conjunction with the Canadian Automobile Association. ISBN 9780888501196. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Natural History". American Museum of Natural History. 18 June 1972. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Baich, Paul Von (18 June 1979). British Columbia: Photographs. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195403039. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ John, De Visser; Paul, Von Baich (18 June 1980). Quebec and the St Lawrence. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Internet Archive.
quebec and the st. lawrence by john de visser.
- ^ "Whitaker's Cumulative Book List". J. Whitaker. 18 June 1980. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Baich, Paul Von (18 June 1981). Light in the Wilderness. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Internet Archive.
paul von baich.
- ^ Pelly, David F. (6 February 2017). Arctic Landscapes and Traditions 3-Book Bundle: Ukkusiksalik / Uvajuq / Thelon. Dundurn. ISBN 9781459740167. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kraulis, J. A. (18 June 1982). Canada, a landscape portrait. Hurtig. ISBN 9780888302205. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ingles, Ernest Boyce (18 June 1990). Canada. Clio Press. ISBN 9781851090051. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Balan, Jars (18 June 1984). Salt and Braided Bread: Ukrainian Life in Canada. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195404722. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Google Books.