ALPHA Alternative School, one of the oldest alternative schools in Canada, celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2012. ALPHA—A Lot of Parents Hoping for an Alternative—was unique in the Toronto public school system when it was founded in 1972. It had none of the usual paraphernalia of mainstream education: no homework, grades, or tests.
This project pairs black and white childhood portraits taken by F. Robert Openshaw in 1978 alongside present-day portraits of the same people taken at ALPHA during the 40th anniversary reunion by Michael Barker. The portraits are accompanied by texts contributed by the subjects and shaped by Ariel Fielding.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
Michael Barker and F. Robert Openshaw
TEXT AND INTERVIEWS BY
Ariel Fielding
Michael Barker and F. Robert Openshaw
TEXT AND INTERVIEWS BY
Ariel Fielding
