about beryl

Beryl Woodrow is most known for her series “of love and home” in which she has photographed couples in their 80’s and 90’s continuing to live in their own home challenging the viewers existing notion of what it means to be elderly. It has been profiled in the Arts Health Network initiative e-magazine: Agewell Chataqua Project (Simon Fraser University) e book; the spring 2017 issue of Muse e-magazine, McMaster University; the Diploma Program in Gerontology marketing at Langara College; and the July/August 2018 issue Bifocal, Journal of American Bar Association on Law and Aging. In addition “of love and home” was exhibited at Gallery 49, Langara College, Vancouver, as part of the selected exhibition of Capture Photography Festival, 2017, and the 2018 Vancouver Civics Theatre Visual Arts Gallery Juried Exhibition, Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Beryl currently studies photography at Langara College in Vancouver, British Columbia. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Alberta, Edmonton; a Postgraduate Diploma in Deaf Education; a Masters of Counselling Psychology from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver; and a Certificate in Fine Arts Technique from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver.

Her photography is informed by her interest in the human condition, memory and identity infused with design, architecture and history, It is her earliest memory of gently lifting a dead crow to see its underbelly and being mesmerized by the white maggots, that set the stage for the desire to capture those fleeting moments of curiosity. For Beryl, photography has helped her gain insight into what she finds curious, fascinating and surprising.