NOVEMBER
      23,
      2006
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Photographer
      talks
      about
      life’s
      transitions
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Stacey
      Murray
     
     
      Advertising
      Manager
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Capturing
      life
      at
      turning-points
      is
      the
     
     
      focus
      of
      a
      photo
      exhibition
      on
      display
     
     
      at
      the
      University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
     
     
      Island,
      says
      a
      local
      photographer.
     
    

    
     
      Alanna
      Jankov’s_—
      exhibit
     
     
      Transitions
      is
      permanently
      on
      display
     
     
      in
      the
      hallway
      behind
      the
      Write
      Place
     
     
      in
      the
      Robertson
      Library.
      The
      exhibit
     
     
      consists
      of
      21
      photographs
      about
      the
     
     
      changes
      people
      face
      throughout
      their
     
     
      lives
      —
      beginnings
      and
      endings.
     
    

    
     
      It
      was
      dedicated
      to
      her
     
     
      grandfather
      who
      had
      to
      face
      life
     
     
      without
      his
      wife
      after
      62
      years
      of
     
     
      marriage.
     
    

    
     
      One
      of
      the
      most
      important
      parts
     
     
      of
      the
      collection
      is
      the
      photograph
      of
     
     
      Jankov’s
      grandfather
      at
      her
     
     
      grandmother’s
      funeral,
      as
      it
      shows
      him
     
     
      having
      a
      chance
      to
      say
      goodbye.
     
    

    
     
      Another
      photograph
      in
      the
     
     
      exhibit
      shows
      a
      woman
      holding
      her
     
     
      baby
      in
      the
      air.
      In
      the
      description
     
     
      below
      the
      photo,
      it
      tells
      the
      story
      of
     
     
      her
      divorce,
      which
      took
      place
      just
      prior
     
     
      to
      the
      birth
      of
      her
      child.
     
    

    
     
      Even
      with
      some
      of
      the
      exhibit’s
     
     
      harder
      moments,
      Jankov
      said
      there
      is
     
     
      a
      balance
      between
      happy
      and
      sad
     
     
      transitions.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      She
      said
      some
      of
      her
      easier
     
     
      subjects
      in
      the
      exhibit
      were
      happy
     
     
      events
      like
      graduations
      and
      weddings.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      moment
      they
      were
      in
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘such
      a
      happy
      time.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jankov
      has
      been
      taking
      photos
     
     
      since
      the
      age
      of
      eight
      when
      she
     
     
      received
      her
      first
      camera,
      a
      Kodak
     
     
      Instamatic.
      It
      was
      given
      to
      her
      by
      her
     
     
      aunt
      as
      a
      bribe
      to
      get
      Jankov
      to
      stop
     
     
      sucking
      her
      middle
      and
      index
      fingers.
     
    

    
     
      “If
      I
      gave
      it
      up,
      she’d
      give
      me
     
     
      anything
      I
      wanted.”
     
    

    
     
      Graduating
      from
      the
     
     
      Photography
      program
      at
      Holland
     
     
      College
      in
      1988,
      she
      spent
      four
      years
     
     
      as
      an
      apprentice
      before
      opening
      her
     
     
      own
      business,
      Alanna’s
      Photography.
     
    

    
     
      Jankov
      is
      a
      self-described
      people
     
     
      person,
      and
      said
      she’s
      always
      been
     
     
      drawn
      to
      the
      human
      elements
      in
     
     
      photography.
      This
      trait
      helped
      her
     
     
      when
      looking
      for
      subjects
      for
      various
     
    
   
   
    
     
      exhibits.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Alanna
      has
      been
      a
      photographer
      since
      the
      age
      of
      eight.
      She
      opened
      her
      own
      business
      in
      1992
      and
      opened
      a
      studio
      in
      April,
      2006.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      She
      doesn’t
      have
      a
      favourite
     
     
      exhibit,
      because
      she’s
      always
      chasing
     
     
      the
      next
      idea
      instead
      of
      reflecting
      on
     
     
      her
      past
      ones.
     
    

    
     
      “It
      seems
      to
      be
      the
      one
      you
     
     
      haven’t
      done
      yet.”
     
    

    
     
      Other
      exhibits
      by
      Alanna
     
     
      Jankov
      include
      2:00
      —
      7:00:
      while
      you
     
     
      sleep
      —
      on
      display
      at
      city
      hall,
      corner
     
     
      of
      Kent
      and
      Queen
      Streets.
      She
      also
     
     
      has
      an
      exhibit
      at
      Holland
      College
      on
     
     
      Kent
      Street
      entitled
      Heroes:
      Common
     
     
      people,
      uncommon
      acts,
      located
      in
      the
     
     
      dining
      hall.
      Samples
      of
      her
     
     
      photography
      are
      online
      at
     
     
      www.alannasphoto.ca
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Photo:
      Alanna
      Jankov
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “TJ
      have
      an
      absolute
      fascination
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Norma’s
      husband
      ended
      their
      marriage
      two
      weeks
      before
      their
      daughter
      was
      born.
      She
      With
      what
      makes
      people
      tick.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      found
      herself
      both
      celebrating
      the
      beginning
      of
      a
      new
      relationship
      and
      mourning
      the
      =
      Putting
      out
      an
      exhibit
      is
      like
     
     
      end
      of
      an
      old
      one.
      giving
      birth
      —
      because
      it
      takes
      around
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nine
      months
      before
      something
      is
      born,
     
     
      she
      said.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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