The Exposure Portfolio Review offers a unique opportunity to present your work to some of the most influential leading professionals in photography worldwide —from curators to practitioners, editors to educators. Reviewers will offer valuable feedback on your work and guidance for your career. 

For more information see exposurephotofestival.com/e24-portfolio-review

The Exposure Portfolio Review offers a unique opportunity to present your work to some of the most influential leading professionals in photography worldwide —from curators to practitioners, editors to educators. Reviewers will offer valuable feedback on your work and guidance for your career. 

For more information see exposurephotofestival.com/e24-portfolio-review

Exposure Conversations responds to the festival’s curated exhibitions by exploring significant topics the artists address through their work. These informal events will be held at Contemporary Calgary during the twentieth anniversary edition of the festival.

With presentations by Exposure Artists, Pippa Healy (UK), Justin Carney (Indianapolis, USA) and Lisa McCarty (Boston, USA), this Conversation is moderated by Evelyn Mikayla Martin (Itsooaakii), Visual Artist, Independent Curator, & Educator.

This event is supported by Calgary Arts Development, Contemporary Calgary, Trico Changemakers Studio, Art for Social Change Network, Elephant Artist Relief Society & CRATE Art Therapy.

Please note that Autumn Whiteway (Night Singing Woman) is not available for this event.

This event requires registration here exposurephotofestival.com/conversations

This event is wheelchair accessible.

Exposure Conversations responds to the festival’s curated exhibitions by exploring significant topics the artists address through their work. These informal events will be held at Contemporary Calgary during the twentieth anniversary edition of the festival.

With presentations by Exposure Artists, Rachel Nixon (British Columbia), Molly Steels (Ontario) and Teiji Wallace-Lewis (Saskatchewan), this Conversation is moderated by Beth Kane, Independent Curator and Festival Manager, Exposure Photography Festival.

This event is supported by Calgary Arts Development, Contemporary Calgary, Trico Changemakers Studio, Art for Social Change Network & Elephant Artist Relief Society.

This event requires registration here exposurephotofestival.com/conversations

This event is wheelchair accessible.

Exposure Conversations responds to the festival’s curated exhibitions by exploring significant topics the artists address through their work. These informal events will be held at Contemporary Calgary during the twentieth anniversary edition of the festival.

With presentations by Exposure Artists, Masoud Alipourian, Santosh Korthiwada, Amir Salehi and Maksim Tataev, this Conversation is moderated by Toyin Oladele, Founder & Executive Director, Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation.

This event is supported by Calgary Arts Development, Contemporary Calgary & Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation.

This event requires registration here exposurephotofestival.com/conversations

This event is wheelchair accessible.

Join us at Contemporary Calgary, for the launch of the nineteenth edition of the Exposure Photography Festival!

We’ll celebrate the opening of the Exposure 2024 curated exhibitions, International Open Call, Emerging Photographers Showcase, Emerging Photographer of the Year: Elyse Longair, as well as Exposure’s and The Magenta Foundation’s collaborative youth exhibition, Flash Forward Incubator Program.

Register for your free tickets here contemporarycalgary.com

This is an all-ages event. Our venue is wheelchair accessible.
Food and beverage will be available for purchase.

The Exposure portfolio walk is the perfect opportunity to share work with fellow photographers and industry professionals in a casual setting. Join us for an evening of conversation and exchange. See amazing photography and meet the artists!

This event will take place after the Exposure 2023 Portfolio Review.

Advanced registration is required for photographers wishing to share their portfolios, so please use the following Portfolio Walk Registration Form (for Photographers) to secure your space. Limited space is available and registrations will be taken on a first come first serve basis. DEADLINE TO REGISTER: 15 February, midnight MT

Registration is not required for those who want to attend the event to see the work of the participating photographers.

This event location is wheelchair accessible.

If you have any questions about this event, please email Beth Kane, Beth@exposurephotofest.com

The Exposure Portfolio Review offers a unique opportunity to present your work to some of the most influential leading professionals in photography worldwide —from curators to practitioners, editors to educators. Reviewers will offer valuable feedback on your work and guidance for your career. 

For more information about this event, please see Exposure Portfolio Review - Event Information.

Registration for this event is now closed.

Local zinesters are invited to share and swap their zines and connect with the local community.

If you make zines that include photography and/or are related to the photographic medium, art, collage, skateboarding, and/or mental health, come and hang with us! Zines can be works in progress and can be home printed (if printed, please bring multiples if you can!)

Arrive at noon when we’ll ‘share’ our zines via short self-introductions. At 1pm we’ll ‘swap’ our zines and connect with one another over drinks and snacks, provided by Exposure and TCS. If you’re a zine-fan but don’t create your own zines, please feel free to come to the event and hear from others about their work.

This event is Co-Hosted by the Exposure Photography Festival and The Camera Store with Supporting Partners AUArts Hear/d Arts Residency.

This is a free event and advanced registration is required. Please use the following link to register for your zine creator or zine fan tickets: thecamerastore.com

Access: Location is wheelchair accessible.

The Exposure Portfolio Review offers a unique opportunity to present your work to some of the most influential leading professionals in photography worldwide —from curators to practitioners, editors to educators. Reviewers will offer valuable feedback on your work and guidance for your career. 

For more information about this event, please see Exposure Portfolio Review - Event Information.

Registration for this event is now closed.

Join us at Contemporary Calgary, our Festival HQ, to help us launch the nineteenth edition of the Exposure Photography Festival!

We’ll celebrate the opening of the Exposure 2023 curated exhibitions, International Open Call, Emerging Photographers Showcase, Emerging Photographer of the Year: Raeann Cheung, as well as Exposure’s and The Magenta Foundation’s collaborative youth exhibition, Flash Forward Incubator Program.

At 7pm we’ll reveal the names of the recipients of the prestigious Exposure 2023 Awards: the Emerging Photographer Of The Year Award, the Emerging Photographer Merit Award, the TREX Southwest Emerging Photographer Award, the Shutter Hub Emerging Photographer Award, the Grain (UK) Emerging Photographer Award, and the Magenta Foundation Emerging Photographer Award.

This event is in collaboration with Contemporary Calgary’s FREE First Thursdays! Explore the galleries, join the YYC/LRT workshop, jump in The Film Lab's photo booth, connect with Antyx Community Arts Hip-Hop Club, enjoy thoughtfully crafted beverages by Sugar Water Bar, international cuisines by Healthy Baby and music by HOT SAUCE BOOGIE. 

This is a free event but advanced registration is required. Click here to join the party!

This is an all-ages event and the event location is wheelchair accessible. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.

This collaborative event brings together emerging artists from the Blast! Creative Network (Sandwell and the Black Country, UK), the Noorderlicht International Photo Festival (Groningen and Friesland, Netherlands) and the Exposure Photography Festival’s Emerging Photographers Showcase (Alberta, Canada) in a supportive peer review. This is an informal space where artists will have the opportunity to share from their practice in short presentations, and share ideas with an international network of potential collaborators. 

This is a private invite-only workshop. A link will be sent to attendees. 

Join us for a virtual multi-artist talk on the topic of Identity & Personal Narrative in Photography.

Diana Cheren Nygren, Diana Nicholette Jeon, Jamie Robertson, and Louie Villaneuva will share insights into their practices and their work currently on display at Contemporary Calgary as part of the Exposure Photography Festival. Their artist talks will be followed by an interactive Q&A hosted by Evelyn Drake from The Camera Store. 

Advanced registration is required HERE

Join Joel Matthew Warkentin, recipient of the 2021 Emerging Photographer of the Year Award, to hear more about his practice and body of work The Parable of the Boy and the Barren Olive Tree that is currently on show at Contemporary Calgary.

Advanced registration is required HERE

This event is free and hosted online via Zoom. The meeting link will be sent to the email you provide in this registration form at least 24 hours before the event start. 

The Exposure Portfolio Review offers participating photographers the opportunity to present their work to industry professionals—from curators to practitioners, editors to educators. Reviewers will offer valuable feedback on your work and guidance for your career.

Advanced registration is required. For more information on this event see - exposurephotofestival.com/online-portfolio-review-2022

Join Ray Potes, Founder and Editor of LA based Hamburger Eyes, to hear about the legendary publishing label that has launched over 200 zines, magazines and books, along with notable collaborations with Supreme and Mailchimp. Hamburger Eyes has developed a unique photographic style dedicated to the pictorial history of the iconic and unseen moments of the everyday. Publishing since 2001, Hamburger Eyes has provided an outlet for both upcoming and established photographers worldwide. 

Advanced registration is required HERE

This event is free and hosted online via Zoom. The meeting link will be sent to the email you provide in this registration form at least 24 hours before the event start.

The Exposure Portfolio Review offers participating photographers the opportunity to present their work to industry professionals—from curators to practitioners, editors to educators. Reviewers will offer valuable feedback on your work and guidance for your career.

Advanced registration is required. For more information on this event see - exposurephotofestival.com/online-portfolio-review-2022

Join us for the Photo-Zine Talks & Discussions to celebrate the diversity of Alberta’s local zinesters! The event will include a panel discussion presented by Lethbridge based We’re Here Too and mini talks presented by the Alberta University of the Arts Student Association Hear/d Art residency. 

We’re Here Too is a photography platform with the dual aim of celebrating the work of black photographers and documenting black experience in Lethbridge.

Hear/d Arts is a peer led art residency by the Student Association of the Alberta University of the Arts that supports students exploring their mental health through art. It provides professional development opportunities, studio visits, critiques and mental health advocacy for a thriving community. 

Advanced registration is required HERE

This event will now be hosted online. The event zoom link will sent to the email you provide in registration.  

The Hear/d Arts Talks will start at 6:40. The We’re Here Too Panel Discussion will start at 7:40.

This event has been cancelled.

Come celebrate the launch of Exposure’s eighteenth edition at the Festival HQ - Contemporary Calgary. Our Exposure curated exhibitions will open this evening, including the International Open Call, Emerging Photographers Showcase, Emerging Photographer of the Year: Joel Matthew Warkentin, Flash Forward Incubator Programme and the Hamburger Eyes X Exposure Reading Space.  

This exhibition is wheelchair accessible and child friendly. 

For information on covid requirements, please see the venue’s website - contemporarycalgary.com/visit-us