CONTACT is an annual festival of photography in Toronto, during the month of May, with over 1000 local, national and international artists exhibiting at almost 200 venues. Founded as a not-for-profit organization 16 years ago, and now a charitable organization, 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 1.8 million. CONTACT is the largest photography event in the world, and a premiere cultural event in Canada.

The festival's success is the result of community support and participation and, to a great degree, an open call for exhibitions enabling emerging artists to show their work concurrent with exhibitions of works by leading professionals. CONTACT's curated programming is the focus of the festival theme, including Primary Exhibitions, Public Installations and special events.

As a leading proponent of photography, the festival increases exposure and recognition for local, Canadian and international artists. CONTACT is committed to advancing knowledge, creativity and innovation in photography.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Darcy Killeen

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Bonnie Rubenstein

ARTISTIC PROJECT MANAGER
Persilia Caton

PROGRAM MANAGER
Tara Smith

FESTIVAL ADMINISTRATOR
Sabrina Maltese

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS
Elena Potter
Juli Sheptytsky-Zäll

Darren Alexander
Linda Book
Stephen Bulger
Judith Tatar

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

DESIGN
Small
Andrew Di Rosa
Bartosz Gawdzik

COPY EDITING & WRITING
Rosemary Heather

PROOFREADING
Arielle Berger
Jen Cutts

WEBSITE
Yarek Waszul

COMMUNICATIONS AND PR
NKPR Inc.

INTERNS
Heather Rigg
Lindsay Voegelin

Tarek Abouamin, Barbara Adams, Bunmi Adeoye, Ai Weiwei, Alliance Française, Francisco Alvarez, Archive of Modern Conflict, Ariella Azoulay, Sheyi Antony Bankale, Gianni Bardini, Jeannie Baxter, Alexa Becker, Marc Belcourt, Franca Bellisario, BIMM Direct & Digital, Alyssa Bistonath, Sabine Bitter, Nathalie Bosel Shin, Cecily Breese, Jutta Brendemühl, Laura Brewer, Noa Bronstein, Matthew Brower, Alexandra Brown, Joan Burgess, Robert Burley, Sandra Cardoso, Jordan Campbell, Etienne Caton, Nick Caton, Larry Chan, Philippe Chancel, Song Chong, Fayiaz Chunara, Patrick Clancy, Bridget Coaker, Joshua Corea, Charlotte Cook, Matthew Coorsh, Rebecca Cotter, Noah Cowan, Helene Cregheur, Marilou Cruz, Chris Dale, Heather Darling Pigat, Jon Davies, Louis De Bellefeuille, Max Dean, John Doig, Jacques Doyon, Lory Drusian, Cheryl Dunn, Michael Edmunds, Aaron Vincent Elkaim, Jodie Elliott, Gina Facchini, Livy Feldgayer, Elle Flanders, Gregory Flasch, Jen Foster, Debra Friedman, Barry Frydlender, Galerie Donald Brown, Galerie Urs Meille, Emilio Genovese, Thierry Gervais, Cassandra Getty, Sally Gibson, Barr Gilmore, Ira Gluskin, Sonja Griegoschewski, Jim Goldberg, Maxine Granovsky, Cindy Grenke, Julia Guillon, Patricia Guèrin, Sophie Hackett, Katie Hale, David Hamilton, Duncan Hannay, Angela Hefferman, Tim Hetherington, William Huffman, Christine Hutchings, Karen Irvine, Michael Itkoff, Jeff Janknegt, Min-Jung Jonsson, Ruth Kaplan, Natasha Kaufman, Richard Kalvar, Stuart Keeler, Zach Kellum, Adrian Kelterborn, Sarah Kennedy, Sue Kidd, Brydie Killeen, Jooli Kim, Alex Kisilevich, Tom Kornya, John Kotsopoulos, Andrea Kunard, Bob Leroux, Jay Levine, Maris Levine, Brent Lewin, Brenna Lewis, Naomi Lipowski, David Liss, Jesse Louttit, Benjamin Lowy, Josh MacDonald, Laurel MacMillan, Harry & Ann Malcolmson, Vanessa Maltese, Constantine Manos, Melanie Manchot, Jason & Susan Martin, Sabi Marwah, Karen Machtinger, Sanaz Mazinani, Mark McCain, James McCrorie, Scott McFarland, Jacqueline McGann, Debi McRann, Astrid Merget, Thomas Miller, Sarah Milroy, Anne Marie Minardi, Dr. Kenneth Montague, Monte Clark Gallery, Dan Montgomery, Gaëlle Morel, Jim Morrisey, Brian Morgan, Richard Mosse, Baudoin Mouanda, National Gallery of Canada, Aysha & Leila Natsheh, Nicole Neufeld, Mia Nielsen, Melanie O’Brian, James O’Connor, Niamh O’Laoghaire, Randy Otto, Lou Pagnutti, Nadira Pattison, Lee Petrie, Andrea Picard, Jennifer Pidgen, Doina Popescu, Robert Poulton, Mark Power, Timothy Prus, Jane Purdue, Sarah Quinton, Amal Radie, Ken Radway, Jon Rafman, Adrienne Reid, Tracy Rendell, Mitch Robertson, A, F, J & R Rubenstein, Jacqueline Ryan, Chuck Samuels, Bert Schmit, Amanda Sebris, Amanda Shear, Marcus Schubert, Marilyn Smith, Maureen Smith, Don Snyder, Leslie Sparks, Bill Sullivan, Noh Suntag, Maia-Mari Sutnik, Sharon Switzer, Jonathan Taggart, Carole & Howard Tanenbaum, Yves Theoret, Jim Tobin, Larry Towell, Melanie Townsend, Kelly Tsao, Jeff Uzbalis, Jeremy Vandermeij, Eduardo Villaverde, Ryan Walker, Helmut Weber, July Webster, Andrew Weir, Stephen Weir, Kirsten White, Lisa Wohrle, Michael Wolf, Paul Wombell, Julie Yan, Allen Yi, Mikkel Zäll, Christina Zeidler 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.