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A person throwing a lasso with a tall hat and a fringed jacket stands next to a low-rider bicycle in front of a turquoise background.

Scotiabank Photography Award: Dana Claxton

September 15–December 4, 2021
Main Gallery
Curator: Gaëlle Morel

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Susan Dobson: Slide | Lecture

September 15–December 4, 2021
University Gallery
Curator: Gaëlle Morel

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A portrait of a person in a white balaclava and a camo jacket.

Emmanuelle Léonard: Deployment

September 15–December 4, 2021
Media Wall
Guest Curator: Louise Déry

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Dana Claxton, *Lasso*, 2018, LED firebox with transmounted chromogenic transparency. Courtesy of the artist. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Audain BC Art Acquisition Fund

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Susan Dobson, *Robert Frank: The Americans*, 2020, inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist and Michael Gibson Gallery

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Emmanuelle Léonard, *Soldat la nuit, Resolute*, 2019, inkjet print © Emmanuelle Léonard

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

Browse our collection

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 the Ryerson Image Centre. Created by Anthony Saleh

Explore our video archive

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

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Logo for the RIC's podcast, Sightlines.

Listen to Sightlines

Hear from artists, curators, and collectors about the representation of African women in photography on season 1 of our podcast, produced with The Walrus Lab for our fall 2019 exhibition, The Way She Looks.

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A man and woman looking at a black and white photograph on a wall. — Fig. 4
*Archival Dialogues: Reading the Black Star Collection* (Nuit Blanche), Ryerson Image Centre, 2012 © Ryerson Image Centre

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Explore the wide range of exhibitions on view at the RIC since our opening in 2012.

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Dana Claxton, Cultural Belongings, 2015, LED firebox with transmounted lightjet duratrans. Courtesy of the artist. Collection of Eira Thomas

News

Ryerson Image Centre announces fall exhibitions, outdoor art, and public programs

Survey of work by Hunkpapa Lakota artist Dana Claxton in the Main Gallery explores Indigenous heritage and contemporary culture, plus four other exhibitions by Canadian photographers.

Public art installations to be shown outside the gallery on Ryerson University campus.