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CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival
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CONTACT is an annual month long festival of photography with over 500 local, national and international artists at more than 175 venues across the Greater Toronto Area in May. Founded as a not-for-profit organization 10 years ago, CONTACT is devoted to celebrating, and fostering an appreciation of the art and profession of photography. As the largest photography event in North America, and a premiere cultural event in Toronto, CONTACT stimulates excitement and discussion among a diverse audience that has grown to almost 1,000,000 and is focused on cultivating even greater interest and participation this year. The festival’s success, to a great degree, is a result of the open call for exhibitions and this continues to provide an invaluable opportunity for emerging artists to contribute unexpected and memorable encounters with photography throughout the city, alongside leading professionals. Since 2002, curated programming and highlights of the festival are a central focus of development, including high-profile public installations, feature exhibitions, an international lecture series, a film program in partnership with the National Film Board, portfolio reviews, seminars, workshops and tours. 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.
We are very grateful for the continued support of Hewlett-Packard Canada, our premier sponsor and our partner in the presentation of public installations of photography by 12 international artists throughout the city. Sincere thanks also go to our official media sponsors – Fashion Television Channel, the Toronto Star and enRoute magazine – for their dedication to the festival and their support of our activities.
Our gratitude goes out to everyone involved in CONTACT 2006, including venues, funding agencies, corporate sponsors, advertisers, education and exhibition partners, CONTACT’s board of directors, staff and volunteers and, especially, all the artists and photographers whose vision helps us better understand our world.
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