Biography

Linda Rutenberg has been a photographer, author and educator for the last thirty years. Her award-winning book “Mont Royal - A World Apart” reveals one year’s exploration of the Frederick Law Olmstead Park that is in the heart of Montreal, Quebec. She has created the photographs for eleven books with ECW Press called the Secret Series about North American cities. Her latest series includes three books “The Garden at Night-Private Views of Public Edens ” published by Chronicle Books 2007, ”After Midnight Through the Seasons at the Montreal Botanical Gardens” by Verve Editions 2008 and “The English Garden at Night” by Thames & Hudson 2010. . In addition Linda was recently invited to be Artist in Residence at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England where she produced the exhibition ‘Eden at Night.’

Her fine art work has been exhibited internationally, (Canada, US, Mexico and Europe) and can be found in many prestigious collections including the National Gallery of Canada, Agnes Etherington Collection, Standard Life, Banque Nationale Collection and the Biblioteque National in Paris.

She has taught workshops in different parts of the world and has organized photographic trips through Mexico, United States and Canada. In 1995 she opened Camera Lucida Image Centre in Montreal which housed a darkroom rental facility, a lab, a school and a gallery. In 1997 opened Galerie Mistral, a fine art photography gallery in Montreal, Canada.

Her work can be seen at:
www.lindarutenberg.com and www.thegardenatnight.com

Linda lives and works in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.