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The 1939 publication Changing New York is a landmark of documentary photography, yet no one has seen the book that Berenice Abbott and Elizabeth McCausland actually planned and wroteuntil now. On March 8, 7 pm, join author Sarah M. Miller and RIC Exhibitions Curator Gaëlle Morel for a conversation about Documentary in Dispute, the latest in the #RICBooks series, co-published with MIT Press. Register now: https://bit.ly/3qHvz2N

Happy birthday to celebrated Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky! We're very proud to be home to the world’s largest institutional collection of this important artist's work. Explore the first instalment of the Edward Burtynsky Collection: bit.ly/37EKaEF Edward Burtynsky, Ukrainian Summer Camp, Acton, Ontario, ca. 1990 Edward Burtynsky/Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. The Edward Burtynsky Collection, Ryerson Image Centre, Gift of the artist, 2019 #RICcollections

Pure winter joy to kick off this snowy weekend! John De Visser, [Kids at play in the snow, Grey River, Newfoundland], ca. 1979, gelatin silver print. The Black Star Collection, Ryerson Image Centre #RICcollections

Call for artists: Toronto Outdoor Art Fair is accepting applications for #TOAF60 until March 8. Showcase your work at the hybrid online/outdoor 60th Fair in July 2021.

On Thursday, February 25, 7pm, the Documentary Media Research Centre at Ryerson University School of Image Arts is hosting an online roundtable discussion with Phil Bergerson, Peter Higdon, and Don Snyder, moderated by Katy McCormick, to celebrate the launch of Bergerson's new retrospective book. Register now

For those that missed the live event earlier this week, Eli Reed's Tanenbaum Lecture is now available to watch online. https://youtu.be/sA6vmNxxu70

It was great to go to a school like that and to have my horizons expanded to the possibilities of human perception, and how photography and film could become these phenomenal vehicles for communication." - Edward Burtynsky on Ryerson University Read more about the recently announced Edward Burtynsky Collection at the Ryerson Image Centre via The Toronto Star.

Photorama 2020 launches today! Featuring an intimate collection of carefully curated works from established, mid-career and emerging artists, Photorama: Future Editions presents a range of practices that deeply connect to and comment on the world around us. On view at Gallery TPW and online Nov 20 - Dec 12, 2020.

Next week, we’re excited to be hosting a panel discussion with emerging artists Kourtney Jackson, Sadaf Khajeh, and Hermmela Tafesse, along with moderators soJin Chun and Nawang Kinkar. Taking Mohamed Bourouissa’s Horse Day as a starting point, the panelists will explore how BIPOC communities are represented in western culture as well as how image-making can offer nuanced depictions of underrepresented communities. Nov 25, 7 pm (ET)... Register at ryersonimagecentre.ca/events Free #RICyouth

ICYMI: Mohamed Bourouissa's recent artist talk, which focused on his long-term projects spanning photography, film, and installation, is now available to watch online. https://youtu.be/mOqOAyWmfMY

Don't miss this exhibition, opening today at Stephen Bulger Gallery. We were lucky to feature Bergerson’s work in our winter 2014 show Emblems and Remnants of the American Dream.

Stephen Waddell embraces the entanglements and conundrums inherent to photographic mediations. For decades he has reinvigorated street photography and reportage through keen observation and an empathetic eye for social subjects. Helga Pakasaar via Photo Life Magazine

We're going live with artist Mohamed Bourouissa in 10 minutes don't miss out! bit.ly/3jUNwqc

#RobertCapacalled the greatest war photographer in the worldwas born #onthisday in 1913. His seminal "Falling Soldier" image from the Spanish Civil War was the first to record the precise moment of battlefield death. Robert Capa, Death of a Loyalist Soldier [Cerro Muriano, Cordoba front, Spain], Sept. 5, 1936 (printed ca. 1960), gelatin silver print. The Black Star Collection, Ryerson Image Centre #RICcollections

Spotlight on...Canadian photographer Elaine Ling (1946-2016). During her wide-ranging travels, Ling documented ancient stone formations, fragmented statuary figures, giant trees surviving for millennia, abandoned architectural structures, and indigenous families and groups. Photographing primarily in the desert landscapes of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, she captured remnants of early cultures, some still vital and others only partially preserved, to convey a persistent s...piritual dialogue between past and present. Until it became unavailable, Ling often used Polaroid Type-55 film, featuring the instant film’s unique edges in her prints to convey the immediacy of her experience. These photographs originate from two acquisitions of work spanning the artist’s career, generously donated to the RIC in 2001 and 2014. Thanks to an endowment by the artist, the RIC also awards the Elaine Ling Research Fellowship annually to a masters-level student in pursuit of scholarship related to photography. Elaine Ling, Atacama Stones #1, 2001, gelatin silver print, selenium toned. Collection of the Ryerson Image Centre Elaine Ling, Angkor #8, 1999, gelatin silver print, selenium toned. Collection of the Ryerson Image Centre Elaine Ling, Nomadic Mongolia #23, 2003, gelatin silver print, selenium toned. Collection of the Ryerson Image Centre Elaine Ling, Nomadic Mongolia #56, 2004, gelatin silver print, selenium toned. Collection of the Ryerson Image Centre #RICcollections #WomanCrushWednesday #RICspotlight #WCW #Workoftheweek #RICgallery #MuseumFromHome #RICFromHome #elaineling

As daily COVID-19 cases in Toronto remain high, the temporary shutdown of our galleries and research centre has been extended and our fall exhibitions are now closed. Details about our winter 2021 season schedule will be available soon.

There's still time to register for our virtual artist talk with Mohamed Bourouissa. Hear from the artist about his long-term and immersive projects, including the two-channel video installation, Horse Day, on view at the #RICgallery this season. Nov 4, 12 pm ET ... https://bit.ly/3jUNwqc Mohamed Bourouissa, Horse Day (still), 2015, two-channel video. Courtesy of the artist, kamel mennour, Paris/London, and Blum & Poe, New York/Tokyo/Los Angeles See more

While our galleries are temporarily closed, immerse yourself in Stephen Waddell's large-scale photographic tableaux online. Enjoy video walkthroughs of our Main Gallery and Media Wall, or watch Waddell's Tanenbaum Lectureall via our YouTube: https://bit.ly/2TahonD. #ScotiaPhotoAward

New work from Washington-based photographer Louie Palu via Washington Post. Palu's project Cage Callshot between 1991 and 2003 in Ontario and Quebec's northern mining communitieswill be on view in our University Gallery in winter 2021.

Pioneering American photographer #WendySnyderMacNeil, born #onthisday in 1943, constantly strove to develop new approaches to documentary image-making and to extend the narrative range of photographic portraiturean experimentalism that culminated in her austere and compelling hand-made portraits using platinum-palladium materials on vellum. The RIC became the custodian of MacNeil's archive in 2007, a donation that was celebrated in 2016 with the exhibition and catalogue, The Light Inside: Wendy Snyder MacNeil, Photographs and Films. Learn more: https://ryersonimagecentre.ca//wendy-snyder-macneil-archi/ The Light Inside: Wendy Snyder MacNeil, Photographs and Films (installation view), 2016 Larissa Issler, Ryerson Image Centre

In honour of those who sacrificed so much. #RemembranceDay2020 #LestWeForget Unknown photographer, [Victoria, B.C. saying farewell to 88 Battalion], Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 19141916, gelatin silver print. The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection, Ryerson Image Centre #RICcollections

A sweet family moment from the Black Star Collection. Hope your weekend is full of quality time with loved ones (even if it's over Zoom!). Richard L. Good, [Mr. Willis Berry and daughter, taken in Philadelphia, PA], date unknown, gelatin silver print. The Black Star Collection, Ryerson Image Centre #RICcollections

On October 28th, Ryerson Image Centre will host Image Arts MFA student Rana Nazzal Hamadeh, in conversation with Dr. Chandni Desai, about Rana's exhibition "1/1...000th of a Dunam". (RSVP here: http://ow.ly/J8Kx50BElKh) Learn more about what inspired this special exhibition and film before the event: http://ow.ly/J0Qv50BMwX0

Conceived with riders from the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Clubone of the few remaining American equestrian societies founded by Black people in the early 20th centuryMohamed Bourouissa's two-channel video installation Horse Day challenges the visual stereotypes associated with cowboy culture in the United States. On now through November 28 in the University Gallery (open WednesdaySaturday, 126 pm). Learn more and plan your visit: ryersonimagecentre.ca/exhibiti/mohamed-bourouissa-horse-day

In his Tanenbaum Lecture earlier this week, Stephen Waddell discussed his artistic influences and traced the development of his practice over two decades. Missed the talk? You can watch the recording online now. CONTACT Photography Festival Monte Clark Gallery

"I set out to make my story part of the art historical context, because I couldn’t find anything there that resembles it. From Here to Eternity: Sunil Gupta premieres at The Photographers' Gallery Oct 9, 2020Jan 24, 2021, before travelling to the RIC in fall 2021. https://www.theguardian.com//saunas-sex-clubs-street-fight

There are still some spots left to join Stephen Waddell's free virtual Tanenbaum Lecture tonight at 7pm ET! Register now: https://bit.ly/3cI0Yfa And for those who'd like to visit Waddell's #ScotiaPhotoAward exhibition beforehand, the gallery will be open today from 126 pm. Stephen Waddell, Asphalt Layer I, 2001, pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery