In January 1967, Yousuf Karsh photographed Marshall McLuhan inside the Royal Ontario Museum’s recently opened hall of invertebrate fossils. In the portrait, McLuhan sits before a bank of telephones mounted on a dimly lit wall resembling a seabed, rakishly holding the camera’s gaze, his smile teasing some tantalizing secret. The innovative exhibition offered visitors touch-friendly…
Maria Cichosz
Maria Cichosz teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Toronto.