Toronto's Contact Photography Festival expands its takeover of public spaces
Esmaa Mohamoud, The Brotherhood FUBU (For Us By Us) (2020), production detail, mural Courtesy of Georgia Scherman Projects The Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival returns to Toronto in May, when it celebrates its 25th anniversary. “We’ve supported tens of thousands of artists over that time; we had 1.4 million two years ago,” says executive director Darcy Killeen, who tries to get to every exhibition and project opening—as many as 200 in some years—on his trusty bike. Though the pandemic seriously impacted last year’s festival, it did go ahead but l...
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