Greg Girard

Acclaimed Canadian photographer Greg Girard receives his first-ever career survey this summer. Girard gained recognition working for media outlets while also developing independent projects focused on the social and physical transformations of urban centres, especially in Asia. Travelling extensively, he spent considerable time in Hong Kong from 1982 through 1998, where he photographed the Kowloon Walled City for what became the influential publication City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City (1993), later reissued as City of Darkness Revisited (2014). Girard was based in Shanghai between 1998 and 2011, and is renowned for his images of that city’s rapid, and at times violent, metamorphosis through the beginning of the 21st century. Girard has also produced a number of photobooks, including Phantom Shanghai (2007), which The Independent newspaper cited as one the top 10 photographic books ever produced, as well as Under Vancouver, 1972 - 1982 (2017), which is now in its fourth printing. His photographs have appeared in a wide range of internationally circulating publications, such as National Geographic, the New York Times Magazine, Time, Fortune, and the Sunday Times Magazine (UK).

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Globe and Mail: The Big Picture

Global News: A snapshot of five decades of photography

Macleans: The Making of Global Vancouver

Montecristo: Five Decades Through the Lens of Photographer Greg Girard

Curated by Reid Shier and Elliott Ramsey

Generously supported by
The Andrew Gruft Fund for Photography Exhibitions
Demetrios Babalos
Claudia Beck
Pauline and Bernie Hadley-Beauregard
Jane Irwin and Ross Hill
The Lind Family
Maureen and Larry Lunn
Karen Nishi and Michael Bruce
Diana and Mark Sawers
George Seslija and Dr. Marla Kiess
Timothy and Jane Taylor
Bruno Wall
John and Jennifer Webb
Wild Island Foundation
Bruce Munro Wright, OBC

Banner Image: Greg Girard, Camaro in Alley, 1981.