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Kiri Dalena, ERASED SLOGANS (47 p49), Erased Slogans Series, 2025. Original Source Photograph: Lopez Museum and Library Archives, Quezon City.

2025 29th Edition

Nuits Balnéaires, Adahonlin 2, from the series The Power of Alliances, 2021. Courtesy of the artist

2024 28th Edition

Maggie Groat, sensitive dependence > initial conditions, 2023 (found paper). Courtesy of the artist

2023 27th Edition

Tyler Mitchell, Untitled (Bubblegum Burst), 2019. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery

2022 26th Edition

Esmaa Mohamoud, The Brotherhood FUBU (For Us, By Us), (detail), 2021. Courtesy of the artist and Georgia Scherman Projects

2021 25th Edition

Stephen Waddell, Room Endgame (detail), 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery.

2020 24th Edition

Carrie Mae Weems, Magenta Colored Girl, from the series "Colored People," 1989 – 90. Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY.

2019 23rd Edition

Felicity Hammond, Simulated Ruins, (detail), 2018. Courtesy of the artist

2018 22nd Edition

Petra Collins, Anna Tear, 2016. Courtesy of the artist

2017 Focus On Canada

Unknown American, Susanna in long black gloves, 1960s. Detail. 2014/875. Gelatin silver print. Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, with funds generously donated by Martha LA McCain, 2015. © Art Gallery of Ontario

2016 20th Anniversary

Lorenzo Vitturi, Multicolor #7, From the series "Dalston Anatomy," 2013. Courtesy of the artist

2015 No Boundaries

Charles Fréger , Babugeri, Bansko, Bulgaria, 2010-11, from the series "Wilder Mann." © Charles Fréger. Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery, NY.

2014 Identity

Martin Parr, Canada. Toronto, 2013 © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos

2013 Field of Vision

Michael Wolf, Tokyo Compression #39, 2009, from the series Tokyo Compression, 2009. Courtesy of the artist

2012 Public

Viviane Sassen, La Lutte, 2011, from the series “Parasomnia." Courtesy of Motive Gallery, Amsterdam and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

2011 Figure + Ground

Clunie Reid, Take No Photographs, Leave Only Ripples, 2009 (Detail), courtesy of Mot International, © Clunie Reid

2010 Pervasive Influence

Stan Douglas, Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971, 2008 (Detail), Courtesy of the Artist & David Zwirner, New York

2009 Still Revolution

Alessandra Sanguinetti, The Necklace, 1999 © Alessandra Sanguinetti, courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery

2008 Between Memory & History

Carlos & Jason Sanchez , Descent, 2003. Courtesy of the artists

2007 The Constructed Image

Marco Bohr, Goldsmith Apprentice, Roppongi Hills, 2003, from the series Uniform. Courtesy of the artist

2006 Imaging A Global Culture

James Mollison, James and Other Apes, 2004 © James Mollison, courtesy Chris Boot

2005 Questioning Truth in Photography

Kiri Dalena, ERASED SLOGANS (47 p49), Erased Slogans Series, 2025. Original Source Photograph: Lopez Museum and Library Archives, Quezon City.

2025 29th Edition

Nuits Balnéaires, Adahonlin 2, from the series The Power of Alliances, 2021. Courtesy of the artist

2024 28th Edition

Maggie Groat, sensitive dependence > initial conditions, 2023 (found paper). Courtesy of the artist

2023 27th Edition

Tyler Mitchell, Untitled (Bubblegum Burst), 2019. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery

2022 26th Edition

Esmaa Mohamoud, The Brotherhood FUBU (For Us, By Us), (detail), 2021. Courtesy of the artist and Georgia Scherman Projects

2021 25th Edition

Stephen Waddell, Room Endgame (detail), 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery.

2020 24th Edition

Carrie Mae Weems, Magenta Colored Girl, from the series "Colored People," 1989 – 90. Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY.

2019 23rd Edition

Felicity Hammond, Simulated Ruins, (detail), 2018. Courtesy of the artist

2018 22nd Edition

Petra Collins, Anna Tear, 2016. Courtesy of the artist

2017 Focus On Canada

Unknown American, Susanna in long black gloves, 1960s. Detail. 2014/875. Gelatin silver print. Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, with funds generously donated by Martha LA McCain, 2015. © Art Gallery of Ontario

2016 20th Anniversary

Lorenzo Vitturi, Multicolor #7, From the series "Dalston Anatomy," 2013. Courtesy of the artist

2015 No Boundaries

Charles Fréger , Babugeri, Bansko, Bulgaria, 2010-11, from the series "Wilder Mann." © Charles Fréger. Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery, NY.

2014 Identity

Martin Parr, Canada. Toronto, 2013 © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos

2013 Field of Vision

Michael Wolf, Tokyo Compression #39, 2009, from the series Tokyo Compression, 2009. Courtesy of the artist

2012 Public

Viviane Sassen, La Lutte, 2011, from the series “Parasomnia." Courtesy of Motive Gallery, Amsterdam and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

2011 Figure + Ground

Clunie Reid, Take No Photographs, Leave Only Ripples, 2009 (Detail), courtesy of Mot International, © Clunie Reid

2010 Pervasive Influence

Stan Douglas, Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971, 2008 (Detail), Courtesy of the Artist & David Zwirner, New York

2009 Still Revolution

Alessandra Sanguinetti, The Necklace, 1999 © Alessandra Sanguinetti, courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery

2008 Between Memory & History

Carlos & Jason Sanchez , Descent, 2003. Courtesy of the artists

2007 The Constructed Image

Marco Bohr, Goldsmith Apprentice, Roppongi Hills, 2003, from the series Uniform. Courtesy of the artist

2006 Imaging A Global Culture

James Mollison, James and Other Apes, 2004 © James Mollison, courtesy Chris Boot

2005 Questioning Truth in Photography

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CONTACT is a Toronto based non-profit organization dedicated to exhibiting, analyzing and celebrating photography and lens-based media through an annual festival that takes place every May.

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CONTACT acknowledges that we live and work on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, and that this land is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. CONTACT is committed to promoting Indigenous voices; to generating spaces for ongoing, meaningful, and creative Indigenous-settler dialogue; and to continuous learning about our place on this land.

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