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Canadian photographer

Born

Therese Boudreau

1919 (1919)

Nova Scotia

Died2007 (aged 87–88)

SpouseKryn Taconis

Tess Boudreau
Born	Therese Boudreau 1919 (1919) Nova Scotia
Died	2007 (aged 87–88)
Spouse	Kryn Taconis

Tess Boudreau, also known as Tess Boudreau-Taconis (1919–2007), was a Canadian photographer. Boudreau was known for her documentary photography and portraits of other artists.^[1]

Tess Boudreau was born in Nova Scotia, and lived there and in Montreal, and Paris. In Paris, she worked for Henri Cartier-Bresson as a caption writer for his photographs.^[2] She was a professional darkroom technician. In 1950, she met her husband, Kryn Taconis, who also had affiliations with Cartier-Bresson through Magnum Photo.^[2] The couple eventually left Paris for Amsterdam, and then moved to Toronto where Boudreau worked as a photographer in the arts community during the 1960s.^[2] She recorded the faces of Canadian culture.^[3]

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada^[4] and the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). Her negatives and contact sheets form one of the AGO Library's Special Collections.^[2]

Tess Boudreau died in 2007 in Guelph, Ontario.^[2]

Legacy

after her death, her negatives and contact sheets were given to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto where they received conservation.^[5]

In 2016, her work was included in the exhibition Form Follows Fiction: Art and Artists in Toronto curated by Luis Jacob for the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at the University of Toronto Art Centre.^[6]

References

↑ Steenman-Marcusse, Conny; Herk, Aritha Van (2005). Building Liberty: Canada and World Peace, 1945-2005. Barkhuis. ISBN 9789077922057.
1 2 3 4 5 "Under the Light: Preserving Tess Boudreau's negatives and contact sheets". 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
↑ Langford, Martha (2010). "A Short History of Photography, 1900-2000". The Visual Arts in Canada: the Twentieth Century. Foss, Brian, Paikowsky, Sandra, Whitelaw, Anne (eds.). Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-19-542125-5. OCLC 432401392.
↑ "Tess Boudreau". Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
↑ "Article". ago.cainsider. AGO Insider. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
↑ "Form Follows Fiction: Art and Artists in Toronto". artmuseum.utoronto.ca. Art Museum, University of Toronto. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

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