Due to COVID-19, we are cancelling or postponing Capture-produced live events in the interest of public health and safety. We are creating digital content to increase accessibility for our Capture audience. Please view the digital version of our 2020 Catalogue here.

Please check the websites of participating galleries for the most up-to-date information on independently produced events.

April 2-30, 2020

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Press Releases

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Selected Media Coverage

2019

01/10/2019, Canadian Art, “Photos of Young Indigenous Athletes Become Public Art”
01/29/2019, Abbotsford News, “Four new exhibitions at The Reach focus on the human body”
01/30/2019, Georgia Straight, “Desirée Patterson wins Canada Line Competition“
03/19/2019, La Source, “Un hommage artistique à son père”
04/01/2019, Scout, “On Growing Up Skateboarding and Taking Badass Portraits With Alana Paterson“
04/03/2019, Georgia Straight, “Artist Deanna Bowen resurrects Vancouver’s historic black community with A Harlem Nocturne”
04/03/2019, Booooooom, “Skwxwú7mesh Nation Basketball: Photographs by Alana Paterson”
04/03/2019, Georgia Straight, “Kali Spitzer and Alana Paterson reveal portraits of Indigenous resilience at the Capture Photography Festival“
04/04/2019, The Tyee, “There Is Truth There: The Power of Art from Residential Schools on Display“
04/08/2019, Georgia Straight, “Photo artists Lynne Cohen and Jim Breukelman excel at eerily detailed, human-less settings”
04/08/2019, The Globe & Mail, “The Museum of Vancouver shows a different, darker way into Canada’s residential schools with exhibition There Is Truth Here”
04/12/2019, North Shore News,“Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation portraits of empowerment on view at The Polygon”
04/12/2019, Bowen Island Undercurrent, “Milky Way stars in Terminal Creek Contemporary’s new show”
05/05/2019, Comox Valley Record, “Comox Valley students showcase artwork at Vancouver exhibit”

2018

04/27/2018, Georgia Straight, “After a fast day of shooting, Roll Call opens exhibit tonight as part of Capture Photography Festival”
04/14/2018, New Westminster Record, “Experience the magic of Capture in New Westminster”
04/12/2018, CBC, “Public art important part of Capture Photography Festival”
04/11/2018, Georgia Straight, “Time travels in Contemporary Art Gallery’s Blue Hour”
04/11/2018, The Star Vancouver, “Vancouver artists use vans to exhibit their photos because they can’t find affordable gallery space”
04/06/2018, Beatroute, “‘The Blue Hour,’ Feature Exhibition at Capture Photography Festival, Considers the Concept of Time”
04/05/2018, Vancouver Sun, “Artists create mobile art galleries in response to sky-high real-estate prices”
04/04/2018, National Observer, “‘GroundTruth—Anatomy of a Pipeline’ exhibit examines bigger picture of resource economy”
04/04/2018, Georgia Straight, “Capture Photography Festival offers portraits of Vancouver’s sea change”
04/04/2018, Artslandia, “Transit just got a whole lot more visual: Capture Photography Festival takes over the Canada Line”
03/29/2018, Peace Arch News, “Photographer captures climate change in new series”
03/28/2018, CBC, “‘It has so much baggage’: Hijab scrutinized in art installation at SkyTrain station”
03/21/2017, Scout, “How to Properly (and Deliciously) Navigate the Capture Photography Festival”

2017

05/06/2017, Vancouver Sun, “ART SEEN: Beginning and Ending in conversation about photography at Capture Festival”
04/20/2017, Like Vancouver, “Capture Photography Festival”
04/16/2017, CBC Radio, “‘You need to be fearless’: Why photographing architecture is harder than it looks”
04/14/2017, Booooooom, “Vancouver Photo Book Fair 2017”
04/07/2017, Booooooom, “Photographer Spotlight: Marten Elder”
04/05/2017, Hayo Magazine, “Vancouver Photo Book Fair Launches for Capture Festival”
04/04/2017, CBC Arts, “Grand Theft Terra Firma turns Canada’s brutal history into a video game”
04/04/2017, Montecristo, “Elizabeth Zvonar: Alternatives.”
04/01/2017, Beatroute, “Capture Photography Festival”
03/31/2017, Scout, “A Filling Guide To Consuming The ‘Capture Photography Festival’”
03/30/2017, 24 Hrs Vancouver, “Capture Photography Festival celebrates the still image”
03/29/2017, Georgia Straight, “Seeking new perspectives: Women break ground at the 2017 Capture Photography Festival”
03/29/2017, Georgia Straight, “Local artists retell history in immersive exhibits at Capture Photography Festival”
03/26/2017, Galleries West, “Photo Festival Captures Vancouver”
02/17/2017, Vancouver Sun, “ART SEEN: Capture Photography Festival expands to include emerging artists and amateurs”

2016

04/25/2016, SAD Mag, “Review: Ballet BC 30th Anniversary Photo Exhibition at Capture Fest”
04/18/2016, BuzzFeed, “This Artist Beautifully Captured the ‘Disneyfication’ of Canada’s Wilderness”
04/14/2016, Vancouver Magazine, “The Ticket: Capture Photography Festival”
04/14/2016, Canadian Art, “Must-Sees This Week: April 14 to 20, 2016”
04/13/2016, ShawTV, “Fiona on the Scene: Capture Photography Festival on ShawTV”
04/04/2016, La Source, “Le conte de deux cités… en photos”
04/01/2016, Savoteur, “Art Imitates Life —Or Is It the Other Way Around?”
03/30,2016, Globe and Mail, “Hot Ticket: Capture Photography Festival”
03/30/2016, Georgia Straight, “Capture Photography Festival turns a lens on public art”
03/30/2016, Vancouver Sun, “Get the picture? Capture Photography Festival a perfect fit for Vancouver”
03/24/2016, Scout, “Capture Photography Festival Set for April 1-28 with 50 Participating Galleries”
03/21/2016, Photolife, “Third Annual Capture Photography Festival”
03/02/2016, Vancouver Observer, “Capture Photography Fest builds on Vancouver history with Hot Properties and more”
02/22/2016, Georgia Straight, “Capture Photography Festival returns with public art installations that will make you think about image-making”
02/17/2016, Vancouver Sun, “Hot, Hotter, Hottest: Capture Photography Festival billboards to focus on unique Vancouver houses”

2015

04/22/2015, Burnaby Now, “Burnaby Art Gallery celebrates captured moments”
04/21/2015, Huffington Post, “New Show Gives Us a Glamorous Portrait of 1950s Vancouver”
04/15/2015, Montecristo, “Capture Photography Festival Presents Jessica Eaton”
04/14/2015, Westender, “Capture Fest reveals the world in pictures”
04/09/2015, Momus, “Interview: Curator Christopher Eamon Troubles the Shifting Form (and Relevance) of Photography”
04/08/2015, Montecristo, “Step into the Frame: ‘Images That Speak’ at Capture Photography Festival”
04/02/2015, Globe and Mail, “In photos: Images from the Capture Photography Festival in Vancouver”
04/02/2015, Metro, “Vancouver photojournalist captures lives of people living ‘off the grid'”
04/02/2015, 01 Magazine, “Capture Photography Festival”
04/01/2015, Georgia Straight, “Vancouver’s Capture festival features the new faces of photography”
04/01/2015, Georgia Straight, “Capture festival’s Jessica Eaton gives Dal Grauer Substation abstract pop”
03/31/2015, Beatroute, “A snapshot of what to expect this year at the Capture Photography Festival”
03/15/2015, Vancouver Is Awesome, “Capture Photography Festival – 2015”
03/07/2015, Vancouver Sun, “Event brings lens-based art into focus” (print only)
02/06/2015, Vancouver Observer, “Capture Festival takes Vancouver photography to the next level”

2013

10/05/2013, Monocle, “Weekend Agenda 05/06 October”
10/03/2013, Globe and Mail, “Hot Ticket: Capture Photography Festival”
10/02/2013, Ion, “Capture 1.0”
10/02/2013, Georgia Straight, “Capture Photography Festival fetes all photo forms”
10/02/2013, Georgia Straight, “Edward Burtynsky turns his lens to water at the Capture Photography Festival”
09/30/2013, Photolife, “Capture Photography Festival in Vancouver”
09/25/2013, Montecristo, “Capture Photography Festival: Capturing Vancouver”
09/12/2013, Georgia Straight, “A fall feast for the eyes”
04/15/2013, Canadian Art, “New Vancouver Photo Fest Slated”
03/29/2013, Vancouver Sun, “Capture Festival puts focus on Vancouver photography scene”

Image: I Was a Teenage Skateboarder in the ’90s launch event.
Photo by Ronan Considine.

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