the petrified religious books left behind by the students before WWII, thus widening the scope of the project to include a preservation of not only personal but cultural history as well. From then on, detailed photographs of these preserved texts became a permanent part of the Last Folio collection. North Is Freedom (2016-ongoing) North Is Freedom is a photographic essay that includes portraits of descendants of slaves who escaped to Canada from the United States before the American Civil War using the Underground Railroad. Dojc began photographing descendants in Toronto before traveling over southern Ontario, including Windsor and Amhersburg, and expanding the project further to include Halifax and Owen Sound. Dojc was able to photograph over 50 people, enough to qualify North Is Freedom for an exhibition. North Is Freedom's first exhibition was held in 2016 at the Canadian Embassy in Washington D.C. under sponsorship of TD Bank, Epson Canada, as well as the Government of Canada. The show remained there before moving to the American Embassy in Ottawa, ON and then the Grey Roots Museum in 2017. Dojc was also invited to Uncle Tom's Cabin site in Dresden, ON to lecture on the project. References External links Time Magazine Story Pentagram Story Forward Story Images immortalise Jewish past in Slovakia (The Slovak Spectator) Yuri Dojc on Photosensitive Moscow Times Story Last Folio at the Art Gallery of Hamilton Last Folio at Galerie Karsten Greve American Dreams at the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival 2017 Last Folio: New Republic Story Slovak photographers Canadian photographers Living people 1946 births People from Humenné Artists from Toronto Comenius University alumni Toronto Metropolitan University alumni