10 Facts About Peter Pitseolak

Peter Pitseolak was an Inuk photographer, sculptor, artist and historian.

Peter Pitseolak lived most of his life in traditional Inuit camps near Cape Dorset, on the southwest coast of Baffin Island, now in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

Peter Pitseolak took the photo for him, using the visitor's camera.

In 1923 Peter Pitseolak was married to Annie from Lake Harbour, now Kimmirut.

Peter Pitseolak was a painter, executing a series of watercolors in 1939 for John Buchan, later 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, son of Governor General John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.

Peter Pitseolak wrote various diaries, notes and manuscripts, all in Inuktitut syllabics.

Peter Pitseolak photographed himself, his family, and community members in candid shots.

Peter Pitseolak often used his photos as the basis of his work as a painter, carver, and printmaker.

Over twenty years, Peter Pitseolak made more than 2,000 photographs of the disappearing traditional way of life.

Peter Pitseolak died September 30,1973, in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories.