CONTACT 2013 / 3rd week

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May 11 - 18, 2013

please visit with our staff the exhibitions, openings and events of Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, 2013 through its third week

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The Bikeriders by Danny Lyon

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by Shellie Zhang

By documenting their journeys and re- presenting their way of life to the public, Lyon brings forth evidence that perhaps these individuals do not deserve the negative image that they have been affiliated with.

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Collected Shadows

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by Amy Luo

What surfaces in this show are myriad stories of diverse peoples and the worlds they live in and create around themselves

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Sebastião Salgado’s Genesis

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by Alice Tallman

Working back towards Genesis is the most progressive thing our society can do for the planet. Photo records such as Salgado’s are stark reminders of how much we have to lose if we don’t protect what is truly important.

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Andrew Wright: Penumbra

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by Alice Tallman

Wright's work asks its viewers to rummage through their visual vocabulary to make logical sense of these new ways of looking.

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CONTACT 2013 / 2nd week

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May 3 - 10, 2013

please visit with our staff the exhibitions, openings and events of Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, 2013 through its second week

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Scotiabank Photography Award: Arnaud Maggs

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by Shellie Zhang

This exhibition offers insight towards Maggs’ adoption of photography as an artistic tool to document people and grants a glimpse of the photographer himself.

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CONTACT 2013 / 1st week

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April 25 - May 2, 2013

please visit with our staff the exhibitions, openings and events of Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, 2013 through its first week

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Artoronto.ca Picks / Contact 2013

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Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
May 1 - 31, 2013


With so much choice, with well over 1500 Canadian and international artists and photographers exhibiting at more than 175 venues throughout the Greater Toronto Area, it isn’t easy picking exhibits to see.

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Interview with Bonnie Rubenstein, Artistic Director of Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

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by Amy Luo

It’s difficult to define the most exciting aspect of a large event that includes so many different artists and exhibitions. The festival is the sum of its parts and we work year-round to create a dialogue between presentations throughout the community

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