Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of our community. The Ryerson Image Centre remains closed until further notice.

Upcoming Exhibitions

A staged scene of people in a park by the ocean.

Scotiabank Photography Award: Stephen Waddell

Fall 2020
Curator: Gaëlle Morel
Main Gallery and Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall

A primary exhibition of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

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Scenes from Under Childhood: Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Stephen Brown

Fall 2020
Curators: Paul Roth, Gaëlle Morel and Valérie Matteau
University Gallery

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Ethan Murphy: Front & Back

Fall 2020
Student Gallery

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A grid of square photographs depicting different coloured sands and soils

Rana Nazzal Hamadeh: 1/1000th of a Dunam

Fall 2020
Student Gallery

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Young people carrying flags ride on top of a car in Prague.

Stories from the Picture Press: Black Star Publishing Co. & The Canadian Press

Winter 2020
Main Gallery
Curators: Paul Roth, Gaëlle Morel and Rachel Verbin

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Stephen Waddell, *Hive Burner*, 2017, archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery

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Grit Schwerdtfeger, *Zehn, 23 Dezember*, 2010 (printed 2015), pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Corkin Gallery, Toronto. Collection of Dr. Stephen Brown

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Ethan Murphy, *Dad Smiling on Dad's House,* 2019, chromogenic print. Courtesy of the artist

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Rana Nazzal Hamadeh, *Instants* (detail), 2020, vinyl. Courtesy of the artist

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Hilmar Pabel, [Prague], 1968, gelatin silver print. The Black Star Collection, Ryerson Image Centre

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Logo for the RIC's podcast, Sightlines.

Sightlines Podcast

Our new podcast, Sightlines, explores the representation of African women in photography through interviews with artists, curators, and collectors. Produced in collaboration with The Walrus Lab.

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Time-lapse video the Ryerson Image Centre. Created by Anthony Saleh

Time-lapse tour of the RIC

Take a time-lapse tour of the RIC: from the gallery spaces, to the vault, to the Peter Higdon Research Centre!

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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)

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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A photo of a person holding a circular object obscuring his/her face — Fig. 4
A polaroid from a *Youth in Focus* tour with <TRUTH & DARE Project>, February 2018

Youth in Focus

By engaging with new, young audiences, we hope to promote greater inclusivity, equity, and accessibility in a gallery environment. This program is generously supported by BMO Financial Group.

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Exterior view of the RIC at dusk in winter. — Fig. 2
Ryerson Image Centre, 2020 © James Morley, Ryerson Image Centre

News

Spring/Summer Exhibitions Postponed

On March 13, we temporarily closed our galleries and research centre in response to COVID-19. The health and safety of our community remains our top priority and, given the evolving nature of the situation, we have now made the difficult decision to postpone our spring/summer exhibition season until fall 2020. The launch party for the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, scheduled for April 30, has been cancelled.