MIRON ZOWNIR: DOWNTOWN MISERY FILM PHOTOGRAPHY or even the barely retained

or even the barely retained remnants of that first consciousness that informed ancestral hands and minds in the caves of Chauvet Pont d Arc and Lascaux some 30

Items both mundane and peculiar—empty packs of Carlton cigarettes

Photographer: Alisa Resnik

and the idealism of the 1960s seemed long gone

In order to try and access these lives

MIRON ZOWNIR: DOWNTOWN MISERY FILM PHOTOGRAPHY or even the barely retainedIn the spring of 2023, Miron Zownir sets out to document the harsh realities of life in Canadas urban centres. His photographic journey takes him over 7,000 kilometres, from Montreal on the east coast to the western shores of Vancouver, passing through the cities of Lethbridge and Winnipeg along the way. Zownir illuminates social challenges facing Canadas larger cities, revealing the destructive effects of the fentanyl crisis in Vancouver and the deep