Pat Sturn (October 1910 - March 15, 2011) was a Romanian-born Canadian portrait photographer.
Sturn came to Windsor, Ontario during the early 1930s. She worked with photographer Will Browne and took over his studio in 1947. Sturn retired in 1981.[1]
She died at the age of 100 at the Metropolitan campus of the Windsor Regional Hospital.[2]
Sturn donated most of her estate to support arts programs at the University of Windsor.[3]
The life of Sturn and opera singer Emilia Cundari are portrayed in the chamber opera Pat & Emilia.[4]
The 20 minute short film/documentary Imagining Angels was produced by Canadian Arts Productions in 2014, based on the workshop process and production of the chamber opera Pat & Emilia It debuted at the Windsor International Film Festival and was chosen to screen at the Toronto Short Film Festival in March 2015.[5]