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Returns April 1 - 29, 2022

Submit your proposals until October 15th, 11:59pm PST

On view along the Arbutus Greenway until October 11, Mahmoud El Safadi, work from the Becoming series, 2016. Courtesy of the Artist.

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Submissions for Capture 2022’s Selected Exhibiti

Submissions for Capture 2022’s Selected Exhibition programming are now open!

From September 13 to October 15, 2021 at 11:59 PM, Capture Photography Festival is accepting Exhibition proposals for inclusion in the juried Selected Exhibitions Program. The 2022 Capture Photography Festival runs from April 1–29.

In celebration we’re announcing this year’s Selected Exhibition jury. In addition to Emmy Lee Wall, Capture’s Executive Director, the 2022 Capture Selected Exhibitions Jury includes:⁣

Dana Claxton | @danaclax  Artist, Artist, Professor and Head Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory

Sophie Hackett  Curator, Photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario

Stephanie Rebick | Associate Curator, Vancouver Art Gallery

To learn more about this year’s jury and how to submit your proposal to our Selected Exhibition Program visit our link in bio!

Image credits: Image courtesy of Dana Claxton. Image courtesy of Sophie Hackett. Image courtesy of Stephanie Rebick.

Capture Photography Festival is pleased to announc

Capture Photography Festival is pleased to announce the second annual Capture Printing Prize, with a value of $10,000 CAD. The Printing Prize will be awarded annually to an artist participating in Capture’s Selected Exhibition Program.

Adjudicated by a jury of art professionals, the Printing Prize is open to local, national and international lens-based artists with a history of exhibiting their work in a professional capacity, who have been selected to participate in the Festival. The artist awarded the Printing Prize will be provided $10,000 towards the production of the artist’s work. These funds can be used towards digital archiving, printing, mounting, finishing and framing of work for presentation in the artist’s Capture Selected Exhibition.

Submissions for the Capture Printing Prize will be open with the Call for Submissions to the 2022 Selected Exhibition Program. The application is available September 13 – October 15, 2021.

Learn more on how to apply check out our link in bio

The Capture Printing Prize is generously supported by @wesgroup

In collaboration with @richmondartgallerybc @howar

In collaboration with @richmondartgallerybc @howartworks, @cityofrichmondbc, and InTransit BC, public art submissions are now open for a photo-based artwork to be installed on a Canada Line Station in Richmond. This public art installation will be part of Capture Photo Festival’s 2022 Public Art Program. The selected artist or artist collective will also be included in Capture's annual festival catalogue and on Capture's website. ⁣
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Submissions close Friday, October 15, 2021 at 5PM PST.⁣
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This opportunity is open to photo-based artists with priority given to those who self-identify as Black, Indigenous and/or racialized persons.⁣
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Start building your proposal by tapping the link in bio!⁣
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Image: Chun Hua Catherine Dong, The Misfits, 2020. Installed at Aberdeen Canada Line Station for Capture Festival 2021. Photo: Michael Love.

On view along the Arbutus Greenway now Mahmoud El

On view along the Arbutus Greenway now Mahmoud El Safadi’s Works from the Becoming series documents divers along the edges of Beirut in the last pocket of nature open to the public known as the Dalieh of Raouche or The Pigeon Rocks. The Dalieh is an iconic landmark and longstanding haven for working-class Beirut families to dive and swim in its Mediterranean waters. Observing the bonds and rituals between teenagers coming of age who gather in Dalieh travelling from various neighbourhoods in Beirut. In this selection from the series Becoming, El Safadi documents the solitary moments of young divers as they brace themselves for an exhilarating plunge.

The sequence of images story a sacred coalescence of oneself with the sea and with friendship. The act of diving becomes a right of passage from individual to community, symbolizing rebirth. Questions emerge on how we preserve the material and metaphysical relationships we share in familiar spaces, how we retreat to these spaces for relief, joy, and connection, and how we continually navigate social, urban, and natural worlds.

Curated by Capture Photography Festival

Sited on five billboards along the Arbutus Greenway Works from the Becoming series is on view between Fir St. and Burrard St. September 7 – October 11, 2021

Image: @mamood | Mahmoud El Safadi, work from the Becoming series, 2016. Courtesy of the Artist.

We are writing to invite all current Capture Photo

We are writing to invite all current Capture Photography Festival Members who are in good standing to attend the AGM held via Zoom on September 22nd from 1 to 2pm.
Please RSVP your intention to attend by September 20th to info@capturephotofest.com

All Members unable to attend may request a copy of the AGM minutes, including the Financial Report and Annual Report, following the meeting.

Continue supporting Capture by renewing your membership by checking out our link in bio.

From September 13 to October 15, 2021 at 11:59 PM,

From September 13 to October 15, 2021 at 11:59 PM, Capture Photography Festival is accepting Exhibition and Event proposals for inclusion in the juried Selected Exhibitions Program and non-juried Event program. Capture 2022 runs from April 1 to 29.

Capture strives to support artistic excellence in diverse lens-based practices, with a focus on critical and challenging work, while nurturing emerging talent. The Festival cultivates partnerships with local and international artists and curators with the goal of collectively presenting compelling lens-based art. Capture is committed to presenting perspectives from diverse backgrounds and members of underrepresented groups.

All proposals will be processed through our submission platform ArtCall beginning on September 13. There is a submission fee of $25 for Exhibitions, which includes a 1-year Capture Photography Festival Society membership. If the fee poses a barrier to submitting a proposal, please contact us at info@capturephotofest.com. There is no Event submission fee. Please note that ArtCall requires account registrations (it’s free!).

For more information about submissions check out our link in bio.

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