Greg Girard Opening Celebration

Join us on Thursday, July 9 for the opening celebration of Greg Girard's retrospective.

Doors at 7:00pm

Remarks at 7:30pm

RSVPs are helpful

Greg Girard is on view July 10 – October 25

About the Exhibition
Acclaimed Canadian photographer Greg Girard receives his first-ever career retrospective this summer. Girard began his career as a photojournalist before developing an artistic focus on the social and physical transformations of urban centres, especially in Asia. He 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 award winning photobooks, including Phantom Shanghai (2007), which The Independent newspaper cited as one the top 10 photographic books ever produced, as well Under Vancouver, 1972 - 82 (2017), which is now in its fourth printing. His photographs have appeared in National Geographic Magazine, the New York Times Magazine, Time, Fortune, the Sunday Times Magazine (UK) and many more.

Banner Image: Greg Girard, Platform Conductor, 1979.

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