Stephen Bulger Gallery
1356 Dundas Street West M6J 1Y2 Toronto, ON, Canada

Reminder! Tomorrow, Sat, Oct 30th from 12 to 6 pm! We will be hosting Max Dean’s Still - Your Bubble, Itinerant Photo Studio as part of Pop-Up 2021 @ SBG in collaboration with CONTACT Photography Festival. Space is limited, so email still.your.bubble@gmail to book a photo session with Max Dean! Link below for more information about the project. https://scotiabankcontactphoto.com//max-dean-and-collabor/... Still Portrait Studio Abe’s Bubble, 2021 Max Dean, Andrew Savery-Whiteway, McAlister Zeller-Newman / courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery

Reminder! Pop-Up 2021 continues until October 31 as part of ADAC’s Toronto Gallery Week. Visitors can look forward to curated collections highlighting Contemporary and Historical artworks from Michael Gibson Gallery, Pierre François Ouellette art contemporain, Montréal, Trépanier Baer Gallery, and Wil Aballe Art Projects - WAAP. Link below to book your visit!... https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/pop-up-2021-tickets-175769570517 Leonard Cohen, 1977 Estate of Arnaud Maggs / courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery Last Spring, March 14 & 15, 1987 Greg Curnoe / courtesy Michael Gibson Gallery Two Women in White Dresses and Black Boots, One Climbs over a Curious Structure, 2021 John Latour / courtesy Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain In the Garden of Materials, 2021 DaveandJenn / courtesy TrépanierBaer Gallery Who's Who?, 2014 Chantal Gibson / courtesy Wil Aballe Art Projects (WAAP)

Hugh Alcock for artoronto.ca on Phil Bergerson's "Retrospective" exhibition! Although we are still unable to welcome visitors in person at this time, to see the exhibition virtually with Phil, visit our YouTube channel for a series of tour videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ta5OEzxGcg

Whether your Valentine is your partner, best friend, child, parent, or a pet, just love the one you’re with! Thank you Rosalind Fox Solomon for capturing so many loving relationships. Happy Valentines Day! Images: Mother and Daughter, Brighton Beach, New York, USA, 1985 Rosalind Fox Solomon... Nashville, Tennessee, 1977 Rosalind Fox Solomon Miami Beach, Florida, 1994 Rosalind Fox Solomon Boy With Cock, Scottsboro, Alabama, 1976 Rosalind Fox Solomon #happyvalentinesday #rosalindfoxsolomon #valentine #newyork #nashville #mianibeach #scottsboro

Art Canada Institute highlights "As Immense as the Sky" by Meryl McMaster in their weekly Spotlight!

Sunil Gupta, HonFRPS, in conversation with Clare Grafik, Head of Exhibitions at The Photographers' Gallery! Sunil was awarded a RPS Honorary Fellowship in 2020 The free online event takes place Tuesday February 23rd, at 6pm United Kingdom time, so tune in according to your time zone.... In this on-going series of 'in conversations' The Royal Photographic Society presents talks with leading individuals about how they use photography as artists, scientists, educators, publishers and curators. All of the speakers are recent RPS Award recipients who have been recognized for their contribution to the medium. They are discussing their work with those who know them and their work.

Happy Lunar New Year! 2021 is the year of the mighty and resilient Ox. Wishing everyone who celebrates a healthy and happy year. Untitled, circa 1900 Estate of Minna Keene / courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery... #lunarnewyear2021 #yearoftheox #oxen #ox #minnakeene #vintagephotography

Happy New Year! Looking ahead to 2021 and wishing everyone a happy, healthy New Year. Image: # 1616, 1987-2018 Yamamoto Masao / courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery

Ryerson University School of Image Arts presents the launch of "Phil Bergerson: A Retrospective" publication and roundtable discussion with contributors Phil Bergerson, Peter Higdon and Don Snyder, moderated by Katy McCormick. Thursday, February 25th, 7 - 8:30 pm Register for the Zoom Event in the link below!

Happy Holidays! We’ll be taking a short break for the holidays and send our best wishes for the season, as well as the New Year! The gallery is now closed for the holidays and will reopen at 11 am on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. We are grateful for the dedication of people working in the face of the pandemic, as well as anyone who offered their support to others during this past year. Although there is much to forget about 2020, many different events over these past months have ...restored a lot of my faith in humanity. Stay safe and keep moving forward! Stephen, Sarah, Robyn, Scott, and Sasha Image: An Overnight Igloo Accommodating Two People when Travelling, 1949 Estate of Richard Harrington / courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery #richardharrington #igloo #vintagephotography #fineartphotography #blackandwhitephotography

A very exciting anniversary for CONTACT Photography Festival! The preliminary list of artists presenting Public Installations in the 2021 Festival's Core Program includes gallery artists Sara Angelucci & Vid Ingelevics! See post for full listing.

Sunil Gupta featured recently in British Vogue's article "End The Stigma: What It’s Really Like Living With HIV Today" An incredible read!

Reminder we are having a books sale! Photography lover holiday gift buying made easy. Keep an eye on our stories for a closer look at our inventory! Save up to 50% off select books from December 1 to December 19, 2020. Purchases can be picked up curbside, or paid shipping options are also available. Contact the gallery with inquiers and more information by email [email protected], or by phone 416-504-0575. 10% off New Titles & Collectables... 25% off Trade Books 50% off Select Titles Image: Bookstore on Fifth Avenue, New York City, 1958 Inge Morath #booksale #photobooksale #photographybooks

Sunil Gupta's retrospective has reopen at the The Photographers' Gallery in London, England. The exhibition, "From Here to Eternity", continues until February 21, 2021.

Remember crowds? It seems like forever ago that we would gather in a common place. Gallery Artist Adam Magyar’s Square series are doctored aerial photos of city plazas. Each image is a careful arrangement of figures in their urban environment. Squares # 517, 2007 Adam Magyar New York II, 2019 Adam Magyar Tokyo lll, 2007-2009 Adam Magyar... #AdamMagyar #squares #newyork #tokyo

Looking for a holiday gift idea and also want to support Canadian Art? Limited edition face masks by gallery artist Sarah Anne Johnson!

UPCOMING EXHIBITION - Tommy Calderón "Untitled N. 01" is on display in our Reading Room Gallery Saturday, November 14th to 21st. Closing reception Saturday November 21st from 2-4pm. Contact the gallery to book your visit! Stephen Bulger Gallery is proud to host our annual exhibition of work judged Best of Show for a Third Year student at Ryerson University’s end of year exhibition. In this selection of images from the series "Untitled N. 01" we explore the existential inquire...s of Tommy Calderón, whose photographs explore the psychological realm, impressions, and manifestations of the self as projected on the real. Exploring the idea of the human condition we are presented with an inner monologue that questions the importance of self. How we perceive the world around us is unique to the individual, and yet something of that experience can be transposed and communicated through photography. This ongoing series acts as a meditation on the link between our spiritual needs and our relation to the metaphysical as expressed through a series of interventions within the physical world. About the Artist: Tommy Calderón is a Toronto-based artist and photographer. Interested in the idea of realities, perception, and the ego, he explores the world in reference to historical non-fiction and the art-historical. A disbeliever in the common narrative, his work attempts to shift the routine of our everyday existence to the cathartic acts of self-reflection and independence. Image: Untitled (Body I), circa 2020 Tommy Calderón

Temporary Closure The gallery is adhering to the lockdown measures announced by the Province of Ontario for the City of Toronto. Starting Monday, November 23, the gallery is closed to the public, but able to offer curbside pickup. We are open to various ways that will enable you to make decisions about what you wish to purchase, including bringing home photographs on approval. We will re-open as the guidelines allow. In the meantime, we invite you to view the work in the exhi...bition here: https://privateviews.artlogic.net/2/8f77403d248f5969bb2b2e/ The gallery staff will be working behind closed doors, so please let us know if you have any questions about the work you see online, or something you saw from a previous visit. We wish you safety and health during this time.

Reminder! Closing Reception - Tommy Calderón "Untitled N. 01" is on display in our Reading Room Gallery Saturday, November 14th to 21st. Closing reception Saturday November 21st from 2-4pm. Contact the gallery to book your visit! Stephen Bulger Gallery is proud to host our annual exhibition of work judged Best of Show for a Third Year student at Ryerson University’s end of year exhibition. In this selection of images from the series "Untitled N. 01" we explore the existential... inquires of Tommy Calderón, whose photographs explore the psychological realm, impressions, and manifestations of the self as projected on the real. Exploring the idea of the human condition we are presented with an inner monologue that questions the importance of self. How we perceive the world around us is unique to the individual, and yet something of that experience can be transposed and communicated through photography. This ongoing series acts as a meditation on the link between our spiritual needs and our relation to the metaphysical as expressed through a series of interventions within the physical world. About the Artist: Tommy Calderón is a Toronto-based artist and photographer. Interested in the idea of realities, perception, and the ego, he explores the world in reference to historical non-fiction and the art-historical. A disbeliever in the common narrative, his work attempts to shift the routine of our everyday existence to the cathartic acts of self-reflection and independence. Image: Untitled (Visage), circa 2020 Tommy Calderón

An Artforum's "Must See" Event! Phil Bergerson's | Retrospective, In Search of Meaning opening this Saturday November 14th! Book your visit time today: https://stephenbulgergallery.appointlet.com/

In partnership with Queer/Art, The Robert Giard Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the 2021 installment of The Robert Giard Grant for Emerging LGBTQ+ Photographers. The Robert Giard Grant for Emerging LGBTQ+ Photographers provides an award of $10,000 for the winner, and $5,000 for the runner-up, to support the creation of new work by emerging LGBTQ+ photographers. Applications open November 16, 2020, and close January 21, 2020. Additional details below!

Opening today! Phil Bergerson | Retrospective, In Search of Meaning. Contact the gallery for available appointment times: 416-504-0575 November 14th, 2020, to January 30th, 2021.... Passing by? Spontaneous visits welcome. Ring the door bell and we will let you know when there is space. #philbergerson #retrospective #insearchofmeaning

The gallerys third exhibition with Alison Rossiter concentrates on her found photograms, which exist as latent images until they are processed using darkroom chemistry and abstract images are coaxed into surfaces of the various types of photo papers that she has collected from hundreds of sources; some more than 100 years older than the expiration date printed on their packages. The images formed are the result of the organic components of the silver gelatin papers decaying over time. Some are reminiscent of 20th Century art practice while others are arrangements of fingerprints of long deceased photographers, making this project one about archaeology as well as art. Ansco Cyko, expired May 1918, processed 2012 September 22 October 20, 2012 | Alison Rossiter, Lost and Found #alisonrossiter #lostandfound #vintagepaper #25yearsinreview

This group exhibition that we co-curated with Rare Photo Gallery comprised over 50 vintage prints and concentrated on photographs of North American Indigenous Peoples. Early ethnographic photography is a hybrid of fact and fiction; however, an appreciation for their unique qualities as historical artifacts enables the viewer to move beyond pure exoticism. It also featured many types of early photographic processes and techniques, which served to underscore the evolving nature of what the medium was able to capture and present. S. W. Ormsby, Walks on the Ground, Assiniboine, Fort Peck, Montana, circa 1900 July 26 September 15, 2012 | First Photographs: Early Photographs of North American Indigenous Peoples, A Group Exhibition #firstphotographs #vintageprints #25yearsinreview

On press putting the final touch to Murder, MACK (2019) #guillaumesimoneau #mackbooks #murder #onpress

Crows and ravens are one of the most intelligent and mythicized members of The Animal Kingdom, one capable of paranoia, abstract thoughts, planning, bartering and other complex cognitive tasks. Image: Murder outtake #guillaumesimoneau #murder

Murder outtake: Jeanne dArc 11, Ste-Marguerite, Canada, 1982 #guillaumesimoneau #murder

A page from my pre-production research trying to piece back together Masahisa Fukases timeline in order to guide my travels to Japan. #guillaumesimoneau #murder #masahisafukase

Murder artist book #3/5 + 2Ap. Produced and printed at Light Work in Syracuse, New York, in February 2018... Archival pigment prints on Red River stock. Exclusive content. Cover illustration by Toronto based: http://www.patternsandportraits.com/ Japanese bound French fold pages Hardcover book nested in a hard shell red slipcase (also archival)

We interrupt our 25 Years in Review programming for a special five-day takeover by exhibiting artist Guillaume Simoneau including outtakes, behind the scenes, and a detailed look at the Murder artist book. Murder will be on display from September 12 October 17. Guillaume Simoneau will be in attendance Friday September 11, 4-8pm & Saturday September 12, 11am-6pm. Please visit the following link to schedule your visit: https://stephenbulgergallery.appointlet.com/ Image: Jeanne dArc 05, Ste-Marguerite, Canada, 1982 Guillaume Simoneau / courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery #guillaumesimoneau #murder #mackbooks

Our second exhibition from the National Geographic Image Collection concentrated on work by Dr. Joseph F. Rock, of his colourful expeditions in the far hinterlands of China during the 1920s. This eccentric Viennese-born botanist spent 27 years in the remote Tibetan borderlands collecting exotic plants and communing with spiritual lamas while dodging warlords and bandits. This exhibition featured vintage B&W photographs, as well as modern enlargements, from his Autochrome orig...inals. His photographs display the vast and mountainous terrain traversed by Rock and provide a glimpse into the manner with which he travelled; surrounded by his extensive library of books and phonograph recordings, dining in his accustomed fashion, and relaxing in his own tub, all of which was carried from place to place by a retinue of locals. Joseph Rock at home, photographic plates drying above his bed, Nguluko, China, circa 1928 June 16 July 21, 2012 | Joseph F. Rock, China: Vintage Photographs from the National Geographic Image Collection #josephrock #vintagechina #nationalgeographic #25yearsinreview #vintagephotography

Our first solo exhibition by Sanaz Mazinani Frames of the Visible examined the disassociation that occurs between an event and its photographic record. Using destabilizing images of war mined from online news media outlets, she digitally constructs photographic collages that collapse the intimations of the original image, thus creating a new representation of conflict. She explores the relationship between perception and representation by drawing from concepts such as censo...rship, scale, and the body as a site of action or violence. The geometric patterns created by sequentially coupling, repeating, mirroring, and multiplying her source material references Islamic ornamentation, pairing traditional Eastern and contemporary Western image production techniques. Together We Are, 2011 + Together We Are, 2011 (detail) May 5 June 9, 2012 | Sanaz Mazinani, Frames of the Visible #sanazmazinani #framesofthevisible #25yearsinreview

Our second solo exhibition by Benoit Aquin documented the aftermath of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti on January 12th, 2010, and the resiliency of people who have been plagued for decades with political and social unrest. Four days after the earthquake, Aquin arrived as a volunteer with the CECI (Centre for International Studies and Cooperation) and continued to chronicle his fascination with the relationship between people and their environment. Lenvole, Port-au-Prince, Hati, 2010 March 31 April 28, 2012 | Benoit Aquin, Hati #benoitaquin #haiti #25yearsinreview

Our second solo exhibition coincided with the publication of liane Excoffier: bilan 19962008, featuring an essay by Bernard Lamarche. It was an overview of her practice, covering five different projects, each exploring the dark and physical links that bind the history of photography and its techniques with the representation of the female body. Obscures V, 2004 February 25 March 24, 2012 | liane Excoffier, Series 1996-2011... #elianeexcoffier #bilan #25yearsinreview #contemporaryart

Wendy Ewald | Portraits and Dreams On display in our Reading Room Gallery September 8 - October 21, 2020 To schedule a visit please use stephenbulgergallery.appointlet.com or call the gallery at 416.504.0575.... The gallery is honoured and excited to announce its representation of Wendy Ewald. In advance of a larger survey exhibition, were presenting a selection of her work in the Reading Room made in Kentucky, Mexico and Durham, North Carolina, to coincide with the release of Portraits and Dreams, a documentary film she co-directed with Elizabeth Barret, as well as a book of the same title published by MACK Books. For over forty years Wendy Ewald has collaborated in art projects with children, families, women, and teachers in Labrador, Colombia, India, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Holland, Mexico, and the United States. Starting as documentary investigations of places and communities, Ewalds projects probe questions of identity and cultural differences. In her work with children she encourages them to use cameras to record themselves, their families, and their communities, and to articulate their fantasies and dreams. Ewald herself often makes photographs within the communities she works with and has the children mark or write on her negatives. Thereby challenging the concept of who makes an image, who is the photographer, who is the subject, who is the observer, and who is the observed. In blurring the distinction of individual authorship and throwing into doubt the artists intentions, power, and identity, Ewald creates opportunities to look at the meaning and use of photographic images in our lives with fresh perceptions. Image: Self-portrait reaching for the Red Star sky - Denise Dixon, Kentucky, 1979 Wendy Ewald / courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery

Near the end of high school my father had an accident and spent the next 10 years in slow decay. My mom remained active, but in the fall of 2011, she suffered a massive stroke and died within the month. They married in 1955, and so I created an exhibition of photographs all made in that same year by these individuals: Harry Callahan; Harold Edgerton; Elliott Erwitt; Robert Frank; Dave Heath; Andr Kertsz; O. Winston Link; Angus McBean; Larry C. Morris; W. Eugene Smith; Frede...rick Sommer; Fritz Spiess; Dennis Stock; Charles A. Swedlund; Gabor Szilasi; and George S. Zimbel. Photographer Unknown, Murray & Jane Bulger, February 19th, 1955 January 21 February 18, 2012 | 1955, A Group Exhibition #1955 #photographerunknown #25yearsinreview #weddingphotography #vintagephotography

Presented in conjunction with the APERTURE release of the monograph with the same name, this exhibition gathered some of Webbs most iconic images, taken in the far corners of the earth, that chronicle his acute reflections of daily life with his remarkable sense of colour and composition. Istanbul, Turkey, 2001 November 29 January 14 | 2011, Alex Webb, The Suffering Light #alexwebb #thesufferinglight #contemporaryart #25yearsinreview #istanbulturkey

Highway 69 leads to two small indigenous communities in Northern Ontario, Collins and Heron Bay, where Hartman spent the first three years of his life. Although he had no real memories of those early years, he did have images in his mind. This exhibition surveyed the work he made of that highways expansion, as well as the interaction between humans and landscape, and the influences each has on the other. Orange Shed, Colins, Ontario, 2010 November 3 November 26, 2011 | J...oseph Hartman, The Road North #josephhartman #highway69 #canadianart #25yearsinreview

Fausta salvaged old vinyl dolls that had been discarded by girls and boys. Her large and highly detailed photographs enable us to examine their state of decay and address our notions of representation as well as our existence through material objects. In many cases, dolls are an extension of the owner. By reclaiming used and inexpensive dolls these discarded objects evoke a feeling of terminated love and abandonment. Peter, 2009 September 22 October 29, 2011 | Fausta Facciponte, Sleepy Eyes #faustafacciponte #25yearsinreview #canadianart #sleepyeyes

For our second solo exhibition of Georges work, we mined his archive of 70+ years and highlighted a subject close to his heart, children. George honed his craft in New York City, working for national magazines while remaining active self-initiated projects. For decades, George has displayed an uncanny ability to take quintessential photographs depicting our life and times. Space Babies, Jones Beach, New York, circa 1959 July 21 September 17, 2011 | George S. Zimbel, Photographs of Children #georgezimbel #jonesbeachnewyork #25yearsinreview

Sarah Anne Johnson participated in an artists residency on board a double-masted schooner in the Norwegian territory of the Arctic Circle. Her work is celebratory with an ironic underside. Fireworks, confetti, cheerleaders and banners inhabit many of her engineered landscapes. Wonderland refers to the brilliant beauty of the landscape and the absurdity of notions to colonize that region. Man With Gun, 2008 June 16 July 16, 2011 | Sarah Anne Johnson, Arctic Wonderland... #sarahannejohnson #arcticwonderland #25yearsinreview #canadianart #contemporaryart

We were delighted to help publish Robert Bourdeaus major monograph "The Station Point" with the Magenta Foundation. Our accompanying exhibition was a survey spanning more than 40 years of his famed contact prints from 8 x 10 inch and 11 x 14 inch large format cameras. We were also the first to exhibit his enlargements, made after much trial and error with digital printers, after his analogue materials ceased being available. Midi-Pyrnes, France, 1991 May 5 June 11, 2011..., Robert Bourdeau, The Station Point #thestationpoint #midipyrenees #france #25yearsinreview

Our fourth solo exhibition with Laura presented her most recent still lifes. Influenced by the Dutch-Flemish and Italian still-life paintings, her photographs are lush momento mori constructions that serve as reminders of both the potential bounty of pleasure, and its fleeting nature. A reflection of food, celebration and human relationships. After All, Untitled #2, 2008 April 7 April 30, 2011 | Laura Letinsky, After All #lauraletinsky #afterall #25yearsinreview

Our second exhibition of photographs by Scott Conarroe was of work made while circumnavigating North America. Whereas his acclaimed series By Rail saw him traverse the interior of the continent; making landscape photographs that contained traces of the railway within the frame, By Sea catalogued his coastal travels. Using a large format camera and long exposures Conarroe captured lambent light in a unique document of the built landscape that exists at the shoreline. Fog, Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland, 2009 March 3 April 2, 2011, Scott Conarroe, By Sea #scottconarroe #bysea #landscape #northamerica #portauxbasques #newfoundland #25yearsinreview

An exhibition about Toronto seemed like the perfect follow up to the previous years O Canada. It included historical photographs spanning the late 19th Century through the 1970s by such makers as: Charles Gooch; Arthur Goss; William Henry Jackson; Albert Kish; Ian MacEachern; Vincenzo Pietropaolo; C.D. Woodley and others. Contemporary photographs were by Scott Conarroe, Joseph Hartman, Josef Hoflehner, Volker Seding and Dario Zini. Albert Kish, Yonge Street, Toronto, 1964 ...January 20 February 26, 2011 | The Toronto Show, A Group Exhibition #toronto #yongestreet #albertkish #vintagetoronto #vintagephotography #25yearsinreview

I enjoy curating survey exhibitions because you can contrast timeless images with those that encapsulate time. Elliott Erwitt has a trove of great photographs and although he seems to have prowled for some of his photographs, his respect for what hes photographing gives him some creative licence as a voyeur. He made this photograph the same year that my parents were married, so I think of them as well as Catherine when I look at it. Santa Monica, California, 1955 - courtesy ...Magnum Photos November 13 January 15 | 2010, Elliott Erwitt, A Survey #elliotterwitt #magnumphotos #25yearsinreview

For Larrys sixth exhibition we thought it would be interesting to isolate a selection of investigations he has made of land and belonging while working on a number of separate projects. Believing that land makes people who they are, and that the loss of land is synonymous with a loss of identity, Towell has engaged with families living in dire conditions in such places as Beirut, the Gaza Strip, South Africa and Afghanistan. This exhibition looked at traces of the human condition as evidenced by remnants of the inhabitants existence. Interior of AIDS Patients home, Gugulethu Township, Cape Town, South Africa, 2008 - courtesy Magnum Photos October 7 November 6, 2010 | Larry Towell, Dwellings #larrytowell #magnumphotos #dwellings #25yearsinreview

Soon after opening my gallery, I was invited to be a guest at le Mois de la Photo Paris in the fall of 1996. I was part of a busload of photography professionals that were toured around the city, seeing many exhibitions, as well as a number of studio visits, all topped off with many fine meals. The work of Gilbert Garcin made a big impression on me, but it wasnt until years later that I was able to secure an exhibition of his work for my gallery. Acting as Everyman and creating rudimentary mise en scne inserted with portraits that he made of himself and his wife Monique, his cleverly constructed photographs use humour to comment on the human condition. Ivory Tower, 2002 July 24 September 25, 2010 | Gilbert Garcin, Mister G. #gilbertgarcin #mrg #everydayman #25yearsinreview

Following on the theme of archival collections, the source material for our first exhibition with William Eakin was culled from his collection of vernacular Polaroids. He scans and enlarges specific examples from the original prints, which enables him to highlight the sense of post-war optimism that he discovered within the various images, an optimism he finds inherent in the Polaroid medium itself. The selected images display varying degrees of decay, which are arrested in this second moment of creation. It is this sense of optimism that we have lost in our present situations and Eakin offers the viewer the opportunity to look back, to remember, to share and to honour. Fading Dream 161, 2009 June 10 July 17, 2010, William Eakin, Fading Dream #williameakin #fadingdream #25yearsinreview

When I was in grade school my Aunt Marg gave me a subscription to the National Geographic and like many, the images in that publication made a large impression on me. I was honoured to have been asked to be the location for their first international exhibition and sale of vintage prints from their Image Collection. The exhibition comprised prints by over a dozen photographers representing the earliest days of the Society (founded in 1888) through the 1940s. Most of them have... never been seen outside the National Geographic Image Collection archive, housed in Washington D.C., such as this one, from the Alexander Graham Bell Collection: Photographer Unknown, CAPTION: The inventor observes a man test the strength of Bells tetrahedral design, Nova Scotia, Canada, August, 1903 May 1 June 5, 2010 | National Geographic Society, The Pervasive View #nationalgeographicsociety #vintagephotography #25yearsinreview #novascotiacanada #alexandergrahambell

I admire obsessive attention to process. For his MFA thesis project, Anthony Koutras continued his practice of creating photographic objects that mimic elements of the public realm and challenge our passive encounters with the everyday. Photographing found objects from all angles provided the images that were assembled, printed and di-cut so they could be folded into rudimentary 3D sculptures. He then photographed the sculptures in front of a black backdrop, which he made prints of that were uniquely sized so that the subject of the photograph was brought back to its original size. Hot Dog Garbage, 2010 April 15 April 24, 2010 | Anthony Koutras, Explication #anthonykoutras #explication #25yearsinreview

Benoit Aquins series depicts one of the greatest environmental disasters of our time, the conversion of productive land to sand on a monumental scale. Overexploitation of arable land, overgrazing and increasingly deep drilling for water have been factors in the losses, at that time, of 18% of arable land. Benoit chased giant sandstorms through several regions to capture his photographs, and his work earned the inaugural Prix Pictet Prize. Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, 2006 March 6 April 10, 2010, Benoit Aquin, Chinese Dust Bowl #benoitaquin #chinesedustbowl #bayannur #mongolia #25yearsinreview #fineartphotography

Great vintage photographs of Canada are a rare item. Considering the number of photographs made of, and in, Niagara Falls, relatively few were made elsewhere north of the 49th parallel. While reorganizing the gallerys inventory, I saw an interesting exhibition pass in front of my eyes, and arranged photographs by geographical region, as well as one wall devoted to portraits. One of those exhibitions that had something for everyone. Photographer Unknown, Erecting "Canada B...read" sign, Dundas W. and Bloor, Toronto, 1951 January 18 February 27, 2010, O Canada, A Group Exhibition #ohcanada #vintagecanada #25yearsinreview