CONTACT is an annual festival of photography in Toronto, during the month of May, with over 1000 local, national and international artists exhibiting at more than 200 venues. Founded as a not-for-profit organization 15 years ago, the festival is devoted to celebrating, and fostering the art and profession of photography. It stimulates excitement and discussion among a diverse audience that has grown to over 1.5 million. CONTACT is the largest photography event in the world, and a premiere cultural event in Canada.

The festival's success, to a great degree, is the result of an open call for exhibitions, enabling emerging artists to show their work across the city, concurrent with exhibitions of works by leading professionals. CONTACT's curated programming–including primary and featured exhibitions, public installations and special events–is the central focus of our activities. Through the ongoing development of the festival into a leading proponent of photography, we increase exposure and recognition for local, Canadian and international artists. CONTACT is committed to advancing knowledge, creativity and innovation in photography.

Our gratitude goes out to everyone involved in CONTACT 2011, including venues, funding agencies, corporate sponsors, advertisers, education and exhibition partners, volunteers and, especially, all the artists and photographers whose vision helps us better understand our world.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Darcy Killeen

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Bonnie Rubenstein

ARTISTIC PROJECT MANAGER
Persilia Caton

PROGRAM MANAGER
Tara Smith

FESTIVAL ADMINISTRATOR
Sabrina Maltese

Darren Alexander
Linda Book
Stephen Bulger
Judith Tatar

Jim Bantis
Edward Burtynsky
Marcy Gerstein
Mike Harris
Elizabeth Levitt
Nicholas Metivier
Jane Nokes
Jennifer Pagnutti
Todd Sharman, Chairman

DESIGN
Small
Andrew Di Rosa
Bartosz Gawdzik

COPY EDITING & WRITING
Christina Bagatavicius

WEBSITE
Yarek Waszul

COMMUNICATIONS AND PR
NKPR Inc.

EDUCATION PARTNERS
Vistek
Nikon Canada
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography
Gladstone Hotel
Magnum Photos
McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
Pikto
Ryerson University
Toronto Image Works

VOLUNTEERS & INTERNS
Marci Lashway
Amanda Rataj
Juli Sheptytsky-Zäll
 

David Adamson, Bunmi Adeoye, Francisco Alvarez, Federica Angelucci, Netannis Arnett, Paul Bain, Sheyi Antony Bankale, Gianni Bardini, Els Barents, Galerie Trois Points, Giorgio Barrera, Jeannie Baxter, Robert Bean, Marc Belcourt, Franca Bellisario, Melissa Bennett, Cecily Breese, Jutta Brendemühl, Matthew Brower, Stephen Bulger, Joan Burgess, Gregory Burke, Robert Burley, Marilyn Cadenbach, Sandra Cardoso, Etienne Caton, Nick Caton, Olga Chagaoutdinova, Larry Chan, Song Chong, Fayiaz Chunara, Clark & Faria Gallery, Louise Clements, Joshua Corea, Matthew Coorsh, Leila Courey, Noah Cowan, Helene Cregheur, Marilou Cruz, Heather Darling Pigat, Jon Davies, Louis De Bellefeuille, John Doig, Jessica Eaton, Michael Edmunds, Equinox Gallery, Gina Facchini, Livy Feldgayer, Elle Flanders, Jen Foster, Gregory Flasch, Debra Friedman, Adriana Frisenna, Frith Street Gallery, Carla Garnet, Lindsay Gavey, Cindy Grenke, Sophie Hackett, Katie Hale, Johan Hallberg-Campbell, David Hamilton, Freg Herzog, Bonnie Hillman, Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Sonja Griegoschewski, Pieter Hugo, William Huffman, Christine Hutchings, Vid Ingelevics, Karen Irvine, Michael Itkoff, Jeff Janknegt, Leo Kamen, Natasha Kaufman, Zach Kellum, Adrian Kelterborn, Sarah Kennedy, Brydie Killeen, Jooli Kim, Tom Kornya, John Kotsopoulos, Andrea Kunard, Suzy Lake, Bob Leroux, Jay Levine, Maris Levine, Brenna Lewis, Paul Lizak, Naomi Lipowski, David Liss, Robert Longo, Laurel MacMillan, Natalie MacNamara, Harry & Ann Malcolmson, Vanessa Maltese, Jason & Susan Martin, Sabi Marwah, Barbara Mason, Karen Matchinger, Anne-Maureen McKeating, Laurel McMillan, Andrew McLuhan, Eric McLuhan, Debi McRann, Astrid Merget, Michael Hoppen Gallery, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Thomas Miller, Anne Marie Minardi, Dr. Kenneth Montague, Dan Montgomery, Gaëlle Morel, Motive Gallery, National Gallery of Canada, Aysha & Leila Natsheh, Nicole Neufeld, Mia Nielsen, Jane Nokes, James O'Connor, Niamh O’Laoghaire, Randy Otto, David Oyagi, Alain Paiment, Nadira Pattison, Lee Petrie, Andrea Picard, Jennifer Pidgen, Robert Pledge, Doina Popescu, Jane Purdue, Sarah Quinton, Amal Radie, Ken Radway, Adrienne Reid, Tracy Rendell, Johanna Reynolds, Arianna Rinaldo, Linda Rodeck, Brett Rogers, Seamus Ross, Paul Roth, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, A, F, J & R Rubenstein, Keri Ryan, Chuck Samuels, Viviane Sassen, Dominique Scheffel-Dunand, Mark Scheibmayr, Kevin Schmidt, Bert Schmit, Josef Schulz, Andrew Scott, Marcus Shubert, Dayanita Singh, Brian Kentwell Smith, Marilyn Smith, Maureen Smith, Leslie Sparks, Bernard Stramwasser, Maia-Mari Sutnik, Sharon Switzer, Carole & Howard Tanenbaum, Judith Tatar, Yves Theoret, Joanna Thorne Hurley, Guy Tillim, Jim Tobin, Kelly Tsao, Jeff Uzbalis, Jeremy Vandermeij, Carolin von Courten, July Webster, Andrew Weir, Britt Welter-Nolan, Kirsten White, Rick White, Lisa Wohrle, Denise Wolff, Emma Wright, Allen Yi, Christina Ziedler and Paul Zingrone.

CONTACT is an open forum for the promotion and discussion of photography. CONTACT is not responsible for the specific content or subject matter of any work displayed or advertised. Some exhibitions or materials may be offensive, upsetting or disturbing to some members of the public.