Counterpoints: Photography Through the Lens of Toronto Collections

Photographs from local private collections brought into public view. Curated by Jessica Bradley

The exhibition has evolved through the generosity of passionately committed collectors who granted the loan of their works, allowing them to be seen by the public – many for the first time in Toronto.

Highlighting a broad spectrum of private collections, Counterpoints proposes an experience of looking at photography that is ultimately heterogeneous and non-linear. Spanning nearly two centuries, the exhibition comprises 19th century singular images captured on metal and glass plates, through to artists’ works that acknowledge photography’s endlessly reproducible, ubiquitous presence in a vast and ephemeral digital world.