photography

Residing in the Ottawa Valley, Émilie Klemm uses her run-down analog photography equipment to observe the hidden details within her surroundings. Whether at home, in her neighbourhood or with her peers, she looks for tones and grain, accepting dust and blurry moments. She presents her images with the rawness and simplicity missed in digital technology. On late nights, she can be found photographing the local music scene in Ottawa.

Do you remember taking pictures before smartphones made it so accessible? Every shot had to count and you wouldn’t know if they turned out the way you wanted. For many who are getting into shooting their own photos on film, this may be a distant childhood memory, or they were perhaps too young to even remember a time before digital cameras. This sense of nostalgia and living in the moment is what Hannah Mitchell, among many others, is trying to chase.

On Sunday evening, Art House Café held another successful “Zine Swap” – a fantastic initiative that encourages local creatives and DIY-ers to swap/share their works with others in the artistic community. The zines varied and included comics, collage, poetry, photography, and more. Blue Hour Zine Library also had their photo zine collection available for browsing […]

X Ambassadors made their way to the Bronson Theatre on Thursday night as part of their Townie North American tour. Lead vocalist Sam Harris walked on stage and immediately engaged the crowd, leading a call and response with the audience of the chorus of their hit “Renegade”. The band’s performance showcased their versatility over a […]

You probably already know Ming. He is a champion of music, art, and culture, and brings enthusiasm and fun wherever he goes (which, as it turns out, is a lot of places). This week, Ming visited the opening of KANATA 150?, an exhibit at Studio Sixty Six, which showcases the work of seven emerging Indigenous artists reflecting […]

A galaxy 11 billion light years away? Photographed by an Ottawa amateur astronomer? In his back yard observatory?

On at Cube Gallery this month is Paper/Papier, a “tribute” to the medium that has revolutionized our lives. If you are looking for an exhibition that pushes the boundaries and expressive limits of paper – this show isn’t it. If you’d like to see works by artists using a range of media such as paint, drawing, printmaking, […]

Apt613 has heard from so many people over the past few days, about how much they love this bridge.

Streetscape Memory Bank draws on Library and Archives Canada’s photographic records of Ottawa’s past to create a picture of Ottawa as it once was.  Be sure to take a look at parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 of our journey through Uppertown, and check out our complete Streetscape Memory Bank archives here. In the 1913 […]

Local drummer and photographer Jamie Kronick was recently honoured with a grant from the Ottawa Arts Council.  The Project X Photography Fund provides $1000 to help produce an Ottawa area artist’s photo-based project. Kronick received the award for his project 65MPH, which documents his experiences touring as the drummer of Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers, playing 83 shows […]

This featured column presents one of Ming’s favourite shots from the many events around town he’s recently attended. The picture above is of a thumb war contest that took place at Beau’s St Patrick’s Day party. For more on Ming, check out his website, radio show and Instagram.

Who would pretend that photography is not a legitimate art form these days? Certainly not the School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO) and Exposure Gallery. Their partnership has led to a number of quality photographic exhibitions in Ottawa. The current show titled distURBANce makes no exception. It presents artworks by Glenn Bloodworth, Freeman Keats, Bill […]

Everything has been said about social media. Not so, claims painter, photographer, and digital artist Mónica Márquez in an exhibition titled One and No One at the Voix Visuelle artist-run centre. She presents two visual proposals on Twitter and on Facebook. The Twitter series – which Márquez identifies with a butterfly instead of a bird, […]

Brant Thompon’s love of photography began when his father returned from a summer on Baffin Island with a 35mm Zeiss Ikon. Borrowing his father’s camera, Brant began to capture life through its lens. He took several photos for his high school newspaper and yearbook and then, upon graduation, enrolled in a photography program at Algonquin […]