Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
John Vanderpant (Canadian, 1884-1939). “The Size of Man”. Original vintage photogravure. c1925. via
John Vanderpant [+] Liquid Rhythm     c. 1934
iamjapanese: John Vanderpant（Dutch/Canadian, 1884-1939） Untitled [grain elevator and flock of birds]   1934 silver gelatin print
By John Vanderpant Angles in Black and White [+]
John VanderpantOctober Sun Vintage Silver Bromide Print
lDesign c. 1937 “Influenced by theosophy and organicism, Vanderpant’s tenet saw abstraction as an invisible life force of living organic matter. As Grant Arnold has described Vanderpant’s utopic vision, “he focused on abstract patterns to delineate the underlying order in nature that intimated the possibility of social harmony and unity of purpose.”  “Design” is a fine example of Vanderpant’s photography, and how it shares formal concerns with Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham and Karl Blossfeldt. Driven by a modernist impulse, this image marries aesthetic emotion and significant form.” http://www.presentationhousegall.com/auction07/vanderpant.html
John VanderpantColonnades on Parade c.1930s Vintage Silver Bromide Print
John VanderpantCorrugated Design c.1930s Vintage Silver Bromide Print
John Vanderpant Canadian, 1884-1939Untitled (Cymbals), 1938 Gelatin silver print Purchased 2006 Vanderpant made Untitled (Cymbals) at a time when he was questioning his earlier affiliation to the sentimental imagery of the camera club aesthetic. Aspiring to a new style of photography that favoured the expression of pure form over painterly effect, he explored the internal structure of organic forms and the external appearance of both natural and man-made forms. In this striking image, it is evident that the subject of cymbals afforded him the opportunity to capture both simple abstract forms and the smooth reflective industrial finish of the instrument, both elements that appealed to his sense of modernity.(http://cybermuse.gallery.ca)
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