Through Each Others Eyes™
Australia
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Population:
150,000 people—the 14th largest city in Australia.
Location:
Cairns is on the Coral Sea on the east coast of Far North Queensland. It is 1,500 miles north of Sydney and 50 miles south of Port Douglas.
Historical Information:
Cairns was founded in 1876 and named after William Wellington Cairns, then governor of Queensland. It was built to serve miners heading for the Hodgkinson River goldfield, but declined when an easier route was discovered from Port Douglas. It later developed into a railhead and major port for exporting sugar cane, gold and other metals, minerals and agricultural products from the surrounding coastal areas.
TEOE Exchange:
Cairn and Scottsdale, AZ, are sister cities, and through that relationship contact was made with the Cairns Photographic Society. TEOE President Bob Rink contacted the organization, which selected Alex Pirez and Tim Warnock to travel to Arizona in March, 2014, to photograph baseball, Native Trails dancing, the Grand Canyon, and life in Phoenix. Bob and TEOE photographer Jim Marshall flew to Australia in September of that year to photograph the Cairns Festival, the rain forest, and the Great Barrier Reef.
Phoenix - Australia Photo Exhibit
The date listed is the year of the inaugural Phoenix exhibit of the exchange.
September, 2015 - Bob Rink, Jim Marshall - Phoenix
Alex Pirez, Tim Warnock - Cairns
canada
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
Population:
1,300,000 (Canada’s third largest city)
Location:
It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, about 50 miles east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies.
Historical Information:
The Calgary area was inhabited by the Blackfoot, Blood, Peigan and the Tsuu T'ina ethnic peoples for centuries before 1787, when cartographer David Thompson, a Hudson’s Bay Company trader, became the first recorded European to arrive. In the early 20th Century settlers flocked to the area to “homestead” land, making agriculture and ranching key components of the local economy. The world famous Calgary Stampede, a rodeo held each July, celebrates this ranching history—although the energy sector now employes a large number of Calgarians. Calgary and Phoenix became sister cities in 1996.
TEOE Exchange:
With assistance from the Phoenix Sister Cities Commission, Through Each Others Eyes photographers asked two Alberta photographers, Peter Carroll and Royce Howland, to participate in a photo exchange. Colleen Miniuk-Sperry and Ken Ross traveled to Calgary in July, 2012, photographing the famous Stampede in addition to the people and the landscape of the area. Peter and Royce photographed in Arizona in the spring of that year
Phoenix - Canada Photo Exhibit
The date listed is the year of the inaugural Phoenix exhibit of the exchange.
November, 2012 - Colleen Miniuk-Sperry, Ken Ross - Phoenix
Peter Carroll, Royce Howland - Calgary
China
CHENGDU AND ZENGZHOU, CHINA
Population:
Chengdu has 10,400,000 people, while Zhengzhou has a population of more than 7,000,000."
Location:
Chengdu, in Sichuan Province, is considered the largest, most influential city of South Central China. Zhengzhou, in Henan Province, is located in central China.
Historical Information:
Chengdu - The city has existed by name at the same location for more than 2,000 years. Taoism traces its roots to this area and city, and Chengdu is the birthplace of the tea culture, the place where the earliest paper currency in the world was issued, and the home of 8th Century Poet Du Fu. Chengdu made international news in 2008 when it suffered a devastating earthquake which killed more than 60,000 people. Phoenix and Chengdu have been sister cities since 1986.
Zhengzhou - Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, serves as the political,
economic, technological, and educational centre of the province--as well as being a major transportation hub for Central China. The city center lies on the southern bank of the Yellow River.
TEOE Exchanges:
In 1999 Errol Zimmerman and Linda Enger of TEOE traveled to Beijing and Chengdu to begin an exchange between Arizona and Chinese photographers. They shot the markets and cultural life in Chengdu, the famous Panda Preserve, and the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Chinese government in Beijing." In 2008, with connections through Board Member Karen Dickinson and the non-profit
Global Interactions of Phoenix, Through Each Others Eyes partnered with SIAS University near Zhengzhou for its second exchange with Chinese photographers, sending Karen Shell and David Schmidt to photograph for the 2009 exhibition.
Phoenix - China Photo Exhibits
The dates listed are the years of the inaugural Phoenix exhibit of the exchange.
January, 2000 - Linda Enger, Errol Zimmerman - Phoenix
Wang Xuecheng and Zhou Yongliang - Chengdu
May, 2009 - Karen Shell, David Schmidt - Phoenix
Bao Xinghui, Nick Li - Zhengzhou
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Cuba
Havana, Cuba
Population:
2,500,000
Location:
On the northwest coast of Cuba, roughly 100 miles south of Florida.
Historical Information:
With many colonial architectural structures dating back to the mid-1500s, Havana is important for its history, music, world-famous cigars and rum, and the vibrancy of its population. Although it is difficult for Americans to travel to Cuba, various exchanges have enabled U.S. citizens to join visitors the world over in exploring the museums, historic churches, and bustling street life of Havana.
TEOE Exchanges:
In 2001 Bob Rink traveled to Havana and met with photographers
connected to Fototeca, a cooperative of photographic artists, after which Niurka Barroso and Raul Cañibano traveled to Phoenix to document life in Arizona. Bob and Michael Norton traveled to Havana later that year for an exhibition held in 2002.
Phoenix - Havana Photo Exhibit
The date listed is from of the inaugural Phoenix exhibit of the exchange.
May, 2002 - Bob Rink, Michael Norton - Phoenix
Niurka Barroso, Raul Cañibano - Havana
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Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic
Population:
1.2 million
Location:
The center of the Czech Republic, located between Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Poland.
Historical Information:
Prague has been a European political and commercial center for more than a thousand years. Prague is famous today for the architecture of its historic center, among them Prague Castle and the many churches and centuries-old structures along its narrow streets. Prague and Phoenix have been sister cities since 1991.
TEOE Exchanges:
With the assistance of Jiri Vsteka, a Prague photographer who exhibited his pictures in Phoenix in 2005, the photographers of TEOE were introduced to two prominent Prague photographers, Ivana Matejkova and Jeroslav Böhm. In the autumn of 2006 Ivana and Jeroslav assisted TEOE photographers Michael Norton and Dean Stevenson as they documented the landscape and people of Prague. The Czech photographers visited Phoenix in 2007, and the exhibits were held hoth in Prague and Phoenix in 2007.
Phoenix - Prague Photo Exhibit
The date listed is the year of the inaugural Phoenix exhibit of the exchange.
March, 2007 - Dean Stevenson, Michael Norton - Phoenix
Ivana Matejkova, Jeroslav Böhm - Prague
