The Ryerson Image Centre (RIC) exists for the research, teaching and exhibition of photography and related media. We are an active partner within the academic fabric of Ryerson University, the cultural network of greater Toronto, and the national and international artistic community.

What's On

Scott Benesiinaabandan

newlandia: debaabaminaagwad

Opening and CONTACT launch party: April 27, 7–11 pm
April 28 – June 1, 2018: Egerton Ryerson Statue (Gould St and Bond St)
April 28 – August 5, 2018: Lake Devo (Gould St and Victoria St)
Curator: Bonnie Rubenstein

A public installation of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

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A woman stands with her hands on her hips wearing a t-shirt that says: My ancestors were annihilated, exterminated, murdered and massacred

Scotiabank Photography Award

Shelley Niro

Opening and CONTACT launch party: April 27, 7–11 pm
April 28 – August 5, 2018
Main Gallery and University Gallery, Ryerson Image Centre
Curator: Gaëlle Morel

A primary exhibition of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

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Hands writing on a piece of paper with a pencil, with jars of beads to the side

Nadia Myre

Acts that Fade Away

April 28 – August 5, 2018
Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall, Ryerson Image Centre
Curator: Gaëlle Morel

A primary exhibition of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

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Fig. 1
Scott Benesiinaabandan, *newlandia: debaabaminaagwad, Rock no. 1*, 2018. Courtesy of the artist

Fig. 1
Shelley Niro, *The Shirt* (detail), 2003. Nine duratrans transparencies in lightboxes, Lightbox (each): 12 × 110 × 138 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase with assistance from the Estate of P.J. Glasser, 2016. © Shelley Niro

Fig. 2
Nadia Myre, film still from *Acts that Fade Away*, 2016. Courtesy of the artist, Art Mûr, and the McCord Museum

A photograph of art hanging in a gallery — Fig. 1
*Benjamin Freedman: Observations of Foreign Objects in a Remote Town* (installation view), 2017 © Riley Snelling, Ryerson Image Centre

Apply for a chance to have your own exhibition in our student gallery

Deadline: June 30, 2018

The Student Gallery showcases the art and curatorial practices of Ryerson University’s current undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni from all disciplines.

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Fig. 2
*Klaus Kindermann, [East Berlin riots against SED government], June 1953, gelatin silver print. The Black Star Collection, Ryerson Image Centre (BS.2005.018313)*

The Collection

We maintain a collection of photography spanning the medium’s history, as well as several artist and journalism archives. The RIC's collection offers researchers the remarkable opportunity to study firsthand works by a diverse group of internationally-renowned photographers.

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Fig. 3
Shelley Niro holding a copy of her new monograph by Steidl. Taken at the opening of her exhibition, *Scotiabank Photography Award: Shelley Niro*, at the Ryerson Image Centre, 2018. Photo by Clifton Li

Special Tours

June 13 & July 18, 6:00 pm

Join artist Shelley Niro on a tour of her Scotiabank Photography Award exhibition. Niro will be joined by Gaëlle Morel, Exhibitions Curator at the Ryerson Image Centre.

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Fig. 4
Front cover of *Bathers* by Ruth Kaplan

The Making of a Photographic Book with Ruth Kaplan

July 11, 6:00 pm

Join Toronto-based photographer Ruth Kaplan for a workshop about the making of her recent publication, Bathers. The event will also include a book sale and signing.

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A woman wearing a t-shirt with writing on it that says: My ancestors were annihilated, exterminated, murdered and massacred — Fig. 1
Shelley Niro, *The Shirt* (detail), 2003. Nine duratrans transparencies in lightboxes, Lightbox (each): 12 × 110 × 138 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase with assistance from the Estate of P.J. Glasser, 2016. © Shelley Niro

News

The Ryerson Image Centre showcases three contemporary Indigenous artists at this year’s Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

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