Portrait of an Unidentified Bearded Gold Miner, c. 1852, daguerreotype, 10.8 x 8.3 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Gift of an anonymous donor, 2015, no. LFA14992. Photo: NGC

Canadian Photography Institute

From emerging talent to historical archives and established artists, the Canadian Photography Institute is the place to see and study photography in all its forms.

The Institute has been founded on the creative partnership of the Archive of Modern Conflict, Scotiabank, the National Gallery of Canada, and the National Gallery of Canada Foundation. Learn more
 

Introduction to the Canadian Photography Institute

 

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Exhibitions

Dave Heath, Kansas City, Missouri (détail), 1967. Épreuve à la gélatine argentique (tirage de 1968), 18,7 x 27,3 cm. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Don de la Hall Family Foundation, 2011.67.23. © Howard Greenberg Gallery et Stephen Bulger Gallery.

Multitude, Solitude: The Photographs of Dave Heath

Mar 14, 2019 to Sep 2, 2019

PhotoLab 6: New Generation Photography Award Exhibition

Sep 27, 2019 to Mar 22, 2020

Shibuya Ryukichi, Ginza Photomontage, n.d., gelatin silver print, 18.1 x 30.1 cm. Yokohama Museum of Art

Hanran: 20th-Century Japanese Photography

Oct 11, 2019 to Mar 22, 2020

Research, Articles and News

Your Collection

Lady Aberdeen's Memorial Photobook to her Son: An Elegy in Visual Form

A keen amateur photographer, Lady Aberdeen created an emotive memorial photobook of her son's life that placed private family images in the public sphere.
February 6, 2019
Your Collection

People of New York: the photography of Leon Levinstein

Levinstein was a committed street photographer and a master of the candid photograph who spent much of his free time wandering around New York and photographing its people.
January 25, 2019
In the Spotlight

Dark Side of the Moon: Forensic Analysis of Lewis M. Rutherfurd's "Moon"

Forensic analysis of Lewis M. Rutherfurd’s Moon reveals intriguing details about the object’s support and its display history.
August 21, 2018

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