Smartphones let everyone be a recorder of the world around them. Yes, yes, it’s been said many times before. People now document everything from their lunch to a post graduation trip around the world. Photographers and viewers alike have examined the intersection of artistic photography and the pulp photography we find on Instagram. But that’s … Continued

The Capture Photography Festival is now accepting submissions for the April 2-29, 2015 Festival. In order for an exhibit to be included in the Festival programming, proposal must be submitted before October 31, 2014. Proposals are reviewed on an ongoing basis by Capture’s submission panel and decision letters will be sent out no later than … Continued

Sorry about the headline, I couldn’t help myself! We’re just so darn excited about two photography exhibitions opening at 7pm on Friday (or Phriday if you will…). Presentation House Gallery in North Vancouver is presenting the exhibition Dream Location curated by Stephen Waddell. The Exhibitions features works pulled from the last hundred or so years by Walker … Continued

Months ago, unrelated to my duties here (yes, we do have lives outside of the festival), I was asked by ArtAsiaPacific magazine to review the Capture exhibition KIMSOOJA Unfolding at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The Hong Kong based publication was formed in 1993, and according to their website is “the leading English-language periodical covering contemporary art … Continued

The Georgia Straight’s Janet Smith has named Capture one of Vancouver’s top 10 Art Moments of 2013 and we couldn’t be more pleased.  Thanks for all your support in our whirlwind inaugural year, we can’t wait to get back at it in 2015! (Photo credit: Jean Cueta)

This video filmed by Roger Black  and edited by Ash Tanasiychuk really caught our attention when it was posted on VANDOCUMENT last month. It perfectly captures the energy and excitement of our launch party at the Museum of Vancouver, while beautifully documenting the artwork in the exhibition An Evolutionary Look into Vancouver Street Photography.  We’re thrilled … Continued

Avalon Mott, one of the many talented curators we worked with for Capture 1.0, has a photography exhibition opening at Gallery 295 on January 10th (this Friday!). The exhibition, entitled Locate, explores how we establish a sense of place amidst increasingly binary notions of transience and permanence, and features work by emerging Vancouver photographers Andrew Jenkins, Avalon Mott … Continued

A huge Thank You to everyone who came out to the Contemporary Art Gallery for Capture’s Closing Party and the opening of the James Welling exhibition The Mind on Fire on November 14th! We’d been anticipating an amazing exhibition since the early days of the Festival, in fact, Welling’s exhibition dates helped sway our decision to … Continued