Maximum exposure
Are the words “point and shoot” your photo salvation
Then this is your tour.
Start with coffee and pastry in Brookfield Place, perusing the on-site Photo Narratives: Remembering the 20th Century exhibit as you sip. This show of classic photojournalism offers a great starting point for discussion.
Next, check out Half a Chance at Metro Hall for a current example of social justice photography, one of the form’s long-standing genres.
From there, plant your eyes under the Gardiner Expressway. Vancouver’s Rodney Graham has made massive upside-down tree pics for decades. Here, they lend traffic mayhem a smile-worthy touch of the surreal.
Stroll north to Fresh &Wild for a sandwich, taking in the street life through its massive windows. Then go see Michael Awad’s Entire City Project at Nicholas Metivier Gallery, featuring incredible panoramas ofboulevards worldwide.
Next, head to the MOCCA. This primary exhibition for Contact offers Nan Goldin’s sexy, tragic and touching slide show of passionate New York boho life and Brit Martin Parr’s quirky takes on tourist photography.
Finish your day at the Gladstone, and Henrieta Haniskova’s portraits of imitation hunka-hunka-burning-love from the 2007 Collingwood Elvis Festival.
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