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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A black and white photograph shows a young boy with blonde hair and wearing a sleeveless top standing close to the camera lens and pictured out of focus. Behind him is a nondescript building, in focus.

Sharing the Frame: Photographic Objects from the Lorne Shields Historical Photograph Collection (1840–1970)

April 29–June 10, 2023
Student Gallery

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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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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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Unidentified photographer, [Portrait of boy], 1929, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries

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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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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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View highlights from our collection of nearly 375,000 objects spanning the history of the medium of photography, including the iconic Black Star Collection and several major artist archives.

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

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Watch over 60 videos of past artist talks and panel discussions featuring seminal curators and photographers.

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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

Delve into past exhibitions

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

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A black and white photograph of a man and a woman standing on two diving boards, with a view of a snowy mountain and forests in the background. — Fig.
Unknown photographer for Canadian Pacific Railway, [Swimming pool at the Banff Springs Hotel], Banff, Alberta, Canada, ca. 1928, gelatin silver print. The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection, The Image Centre

News

The Image Centre receives $300,000 grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage to digitize collection of 25,000 press photographs

Innovative ARKIV360 machine, developed by famed photographer Edward Burtynsky, will be used to scan The Image Centre’s Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection and make it accessible in an online database.

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