Ella Morton Sightings
Sightings is a series of pinhole photographs that examine representations of the unknown in popular culture. The images are stagings of mysterious occurrences such as UFO sightings and other unexplainable happenings. Morton uses the pinhole aesthetic to mirror the ambiguity of paranormal snapshots online and in the news.
Ella Morton (she/her) is a Canadian visual artist and filmmaker living in Tkaronto/
Toronto. Her expedition-based practice has brought her to residencies and projects
across Canada, Scandinavia and Antarctica. Working primarily with lens-based media,
she uses experimental analogue processes to capture the sublime and fragile qualities
of remote landscapes.
She has exhibited her work internationally, including shows at Lonsdale Gallery
(Toronto), Foley Gallery (New York), Contemporary Calgary (Calgary), Galérie AVE
(Montréal), Idea Exchange (Cambridge), the Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort
Collins, CO), Photographic Center Northwest (Seattle), the Alternator Centre for
Contemporary Art (Kelowna) and Hanstholm Art Space (Denmark). Her work has been
featured in a variety of publications including the NPR Picture Show, Better
Photography Magazine, Analog Forever Magazine, Lenscratch, the Toronto Star and
the British Journal of Photography. She is a sessional photography instructor at York
University.