Duets: Parnassius

Robert (Bob) Chelmick // 2002

Digital Print on fiberboard|Pine & Aspen
Edmonton Police Service - Northeast Division

About

One in a series of three diptych photographic images of butterfly wings.

Robert (Bob) Chelmick

Bob Chelmick is a veteran broadcaster, photographer, visual artist and documentary producer.

Bob developed an international reputation as a visual artist while maintaining a 25 year career as news anchor journalist and program host for CBC television and radio. His news documentary work received a national award from the Radio and TV News Directors Association. As well as taking up duties as host of Alberta Morning beginning February 3^rd and producing The Road Home for CKUA, Bob develops and produces projects for the CBC radio program Ideas (Hafiz and Bob, Ferlinghetti – The Last Bohemian, Roma vs. Amor, The Cathar Genocide).

Bob has a long history as a speaker, seminars presenter and master of ceremonies. His presentations often involve multimedia visuals and words of wisdom from a diverse cultural spectrum. The impact of intuition on the creative process and the power of the photograph as a bridge between the worlds of art and science and of silence and activity are common themes.