Group Exhibition Rear View Mirror
- Phil Bergerson
- Marina Black
- Jason Brown
- Moyra Davey
- Susan Dobson
- Yuri Dojc
- Jessica Eaton
- Geoffrey James
- Ruth Kaplan
- Zun Lee
- Arnaud Maggs
- Tony Makepeace
- John Massey
- Evan Penny
- Greg Staats
- Steve Stober
- Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart
- Nava Waxman
Of the 1.5 trillion photos gathered on cameras in 2018, snapping and sharing their immediacy is enough intent to express a mnemonic of personal experience. Yet for a small percentage of photographers, it is not. What defines their quality of intent? The answer this exhibition proposes is that it is defined through their personal alchemy of practice. To support this, a diverse group of established photographers were invited to select one photograph from their body of work that best embodies their unique quality of intent.
Curated by Thom Sokoloski
Ruth Kaplan (b. 1955, Montréal, Canada) is a documentary-based photographer whose work integrates still photographs and video and explores a variety of themes such as the social behaviour of bathers in communal hot springs, congregants participating in rituals of spirituality, and, most recently, refugees living in shelters along the Canada-US border as they await decisions on their pending status. Work from Kaplan’s series Some Kind of Divine (2000–10) and Bathers (1991–2002) can be found in numerous private and corporate collections in Toronto, as well as across Canada, and in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; the Image Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris. Kaplan has exhibited internationally and is represented by Stephen Bulger Gallery. Her editorial work can be found in major Canadian and international publications, she has received numerous grants and awards and is currently an instructor at OCAD University, Toronto Metropolitan University, and University of Toronto Scarborough.
Zun Lee is a multi-hyphenate artist, physician, and educator who was born and raised in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and currently lives in Toronto, Canada. The Guggenheim Fellow has been an independent photographer since 2014. Lee has exhibited, spoken and taught at numerous institutions in North America and Europe. His works are widely published and represented in public and private collections around the world. Additional honours and awards include: Mellon Foundation Practitioner in Residence, Knight Foundation Grantee, Magnum Foundation Fellow, Paris Photo/Aperture Photobook Awards Shortlist, Photo District News’ 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch.