The IMC's spring/summer exhibitions are on view now through August 5.

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Photo grid of 67 portraits of east asian people with a painted mountain landscape behind them

Scotiabank Photography Award: Jin-me Yoon

April 29–August 5, 2023
Main Gallery and University Gallery
Curator: Gaëlle Morel

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Four East Asian woman braid each other’s hair in a circle, each braiding the next closing the loop

Jane Jin Kaisen: Braiding and Mending

April 29–August 5, 2023
Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall
Curator: Gaëlle Morel

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A view of the pools in a vast water treatment plant

Katrin Faridani—Interconnected: From the Tap to the Lake and Back

June 21–August 5, 2023
Student Gallery

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Jin-me Yoon, *A Group of Sixty-Seven*, 1996, two grids of 67 framed chromogenic prints for a total of 134 prints and 1 name panel. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund. Courtesy of the artist

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Jane Jin Kaisen, *Braiding and Mending* (still), 2020, two-channel video. Courtesy the artist and Martin Asbaek Gallery

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Katrin Faridani, *R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant Main Filtration Pool*, 2022, inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist

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Klaus Kindermann, [East Berlin riots against SED government], June 1953, gelatin silver print. The Black Star Collection, The Image Centre (BS.2005.018313)

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Time-lapse video of The Image Centre. Created by Anthony Saleh

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A man and woman looking at a black and white photograph on a wall. — Fig. 3
*Archival Dialogues: Reading the Black Star Collection* (Nuit Blanche), The Image Centre, 2012 © The Image Centre

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Explore the wide range of exhibitions on view at The Image Centre since our opening in 2012.

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On a street, a plume of smoke comes out of a storefront. A helmeted police officer walks towards it with a gun, back to the camera, while a car drives away from it. — Fig.
Lou Jacobs, Untitled [Watts Rebellion, Los Angeles, California, United States], 1965, gelatin silver print. Black Star Collection, The Image Centre

News

Renowned archive of photojournalism the focus of newly released book and major fall 2023 exhibition at The Image Centre

The Facing Black Star book, released today, illuminates the staggering range of The Image Centre’s Black Star Collection, while an upcoming exhibition will explore the crucial role of photo agencies in the heyday of print photojournalism.

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