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- Sue Carter Flynn, The Coast, "Elementary: Self-taught photographer George Steeves has been taking provocative shots—of artists, of lovers, of himself—for more than three decades", February 22, 2007 [ permanent dead link ]
- Mount St. Vincent Exhibition (includes examples)
- Two images - Shakespeare in Canadian Art Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Bedford Institute
