CONTACT Photography Festival (CONTACT) fosters and celebrates the art and profession of photography with its annual Festival in May in Toronto. CONTACT presents lens-based works by acclaimed and emerging artists, documentary photographers, and photojournalists from Canada and around the world. The curated exhibition program (collaborations with major museums, galleries, and artist-run centers) and public installations (site-specific projects) are the core of the Festival. Open exhibitions present work by local and international artists at galleries and alternative spaces across the city. The Festival also includes a book fair, lectures, talks, panels, workshops, and symposia and hosts exhibitions and programs at its Gallery throughout the year.
Since 2018, Bow Bridge has been engaged to garner media coverage to raise awareness of the Festival and to stimulate interest and encourage attendance. Bow Bridge also contributes to the integration of advertising and marketing.
Top Photograph: Meryl McMaster, Time’s Gravity, 2015, ink jet print, 76.2 x 114.3 cm. Photo courtesy of the artist and Katzman Contemporary, Toronto. Inset Photograph: Esmaa Mohamoud, The Brotherhood FUBU (For Us, By Us), installation at Westin Harbour Castle Conference Centre, Toronto 2021. Courtesy of the artist, Georgia Scherman Projects and CONTACT. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid.