{{Short description|Canadian photographer (1913–2018)}} '''Cynthia Chalk''' (née '''Jennings'''; December 9, 1913 – April 5, 2018) was a Canadian photographer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=24240|title=Cynthia Chalk|publisher=National Gallery of Canada|accessdate=April 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313042809/http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=24240|archive-date=March 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
She was born in Ottawa, Ontario. Chalk was a life member and fellow of the Montreal Camera Club; she co-edited the club's newsletter ''Cameragram'' and served as chair of the Nature division of the club. She served on the executives of the National Association for Photographic Arts, later the Canadian Association for Photographic Art, and the Photographic Society of America. Her work has appeared in ''Outdoors Canada'' and was included in the National Film Board of Canada exhibit "Photography 75" and in the National Collection of Nature Photographs.<ref name=cwahi>{{cite web|url=http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=5826|title=Chalk, Cynthia|work=Canadian Women Artists History Initiative|accessdate=April 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313044407/http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=5826|archive-date=March 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
Cynthia married Henry Chalk in 1936.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Lac-Brome|first=Tempo|date=2016-12-01|title=Happy 103rd birthday|url=https://tempolacbrome.ca/happy-103rd-birthday/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Tempo Lac-Brome|language=en-US}}</ref>
Cynthia was a Girl Guide Leader and a Founding Member of Montreal's first-ever motorcycle club for women.<ref name=":0" />
Chalk turned 100 in 2013<ref name=cwahi/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tempolacbrome.ca/bulletins/happy-103rd-birthday/|title=Happy 103rd birthday|publisher=Tempo|author=Barbara Burbank|date=2016-01-12|accessdate=2017-11-09}}</ref> and died in April 2018 at the age of 104.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://necrocanada.com/obituaries-2018/cynthia-chalk-nee-jennings-19132018/#.WtULq4jwa70|title=Cynthia Chalk nee Jennings 19132018, death notice, Canada|date=15 April 2018|publisher=|access-date=16 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417105600/https://necrocanada.com/obituaries-2018/cynthia-chalk-nee-jennings-19132018/#.WtULq4jwa70|archive-date=17 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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