A huge retrospective exhibition of stunning photos from 20 years of PhotoSensitive projects will open on September 14 at the Allen Lambert Galleria, Brookfield Place, Toronto.
Field of Vision: PhotoSensitive and Social Change contains over 300 images from 17 projects produced in partnership with 19 charitable organizations, including United Way, CNIB, CARE Canada, Hospital for Sick Children and Daily Bread Food Bank.
The projects cover a wide variety of subjects, from the very first - homelessness, to the most recent - cancer. In between, PhotoSensitive also turned its collective lens towards AIDS, diversity, poverty, water and the effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami, to name but a few. Photos have been drawn from 10 countries, spanning three continents.
The collective started out as a handful of Toronto-based photographers. This number steadily grew over the years, to the point where there have been close to 900 photographers from across Canada contributing to our projects.
PhotoSensitive will also be hosting a panel discussion in the Verizon Grand Hall at the Hockey Hall of Fame on Thursday
September 16.
The discussion will feature a dozen PhotoSensitive photographers - Andrew Stawicki, Andy Clark, Benjamin Rondel, Bernard Weil, Kevin Van Paassen, Patti Gower, Peter Bregg, Stan Behal, Steve Simon, Tobi Asmoucha, V. Tony Hauser and Yuri Dojc.
They will be discussing how photography can be used to raise awareness about social issues. They will talk about what is behind a PhotoSensitive exhibition, how the photos get taken in the field, how subjects are chosen and shot and how photos are edited and displayed. They will also discuss how PhotoSensitive works with partner agencies to put together a show; how to raise awareness of the agency’s work, how we gain access to subjects and ensure we capture the best possible photos. There may also be stories of derring-do in Africa.
Tickets are free but there is limited space. Please email james@photosensitive.com to reserve your tickets.
And to cap this all off, we will be publishing the Field of Vision book to coincide with the exhibition and it will be available on both nights for a suggested donation of $25. The 190-page, black-and-white coffee-table book is a beautiful visual history of PhotoSensitive, containing hundreds of stunning images.
The retrospective exhibition, Field of Vision, runs until September 27.
