Capture, Print, Frame

A Vancouver Street Photography Exhibition in partnership with PrintMaker Studio and Kasko Frame Works.

560 Gallery (560 Clark Dr. Vancouver)

June 16 to July 14, 2022

Opening Reception Saturday June 18, 6pm and 10pm / free and open to the public / prints for sale / cash bar

Exhibition Statement

In this exhibition, we celebrate the ability of street photography to tell stories about people and the places they inhabit. Each exhibiting member of the collective has chosen an image that they feel represents their unique approach to street photography. From documentary to more abstract images, these photos reflect the different ways that we use the camera to capture life on the the street. A bike rider, a twin set of homes, a summer festival and a rainy reflection; these are some examples of the scenes that capture our attention and compel us to take the photo. They speak to both a specific time and space as well as the more universal experiences of chilling rain, of speed and of the warmth of summer. While diverse in our approaches, our common aim is to create images that we can all relate to as part of everyday life.

Why Capture, Print, Frame? While photography is usually now displayed on digital platforms, we feel it is important to also create prints of the images captured with our cameras. These prints provide a tactile experience in addition to a visual one. Surrounded by a frame and hung on a wall, otherwise ephemeral images begin to take up space and call upon the viewer to engage with them in ways beyond the digital.

We hope you enjoy our exhibition.

Photographer Biographies

Ariela Badenas

Ariela is a film photographer from the Philippines. From shooting with vintage cameras, to developing and scanning every frame herself, she enjoys the slow and humbling process of film photography.

Jon Chater

Jon is a Vancouver-based photographer who moved to Canada from the UK in 2019. When shooting in the street, Jon is drawn primarily to light, colour, shape and pattern. His preferred method is to find a scene with interesting light and some strong graphical elements, then wait for a human figure (usually) to enter the scene. Often, he underexposes the figure creating a silhouette which acts to simplify the image and preserves the privacy of the subject. Jon also teaches on the Professional Photography program at Langara College. Teaching involves constantly breaking down the photographic process into its various components and analysing how photographs can communicate their story more effectively. This approach constantly feeds into his own photographic practice. His photographic influences include Ray Metzker, William Eggleston, Fan Ho and Saul Leiter.

C. Stephanie Glotman

Stephanie is an amateur photographer from Vancouver, BC.  She likes to make photographs that tell stories.  Stephanie is intrigued how nonfiction and fiction collide within the frame, the non fiction being the photographer’s experience and the fiction being the viewer’s experience.   She likes to use shadow, light and form to capture that moment.

Kent Harkness

Mostly street photography, but not always. Mostly black & white, but not always. Sight in one eye, but not in the other. I look for the interesting in the mundane, and the grime in the pristine. My favourite street photographers are Joel Meyerowitz, Fred Herzog, Bruce Gilden , and Melissa O’Shaughnessy.

Website: http://kentharknessphotography.com/

Gaëtan Harris

A prairie transplant of 8 years, Gaëtan is a multidisciplinary artist and amateur baseball player living in Burnaby, BC. His approach to street photography is minimalistic, focusing on mundane moments and scenes found around the streets of the city. His work is based around the practice of “noticing” and capturing small details that are normally overlooked.

Ian Heffernan

Ian is an Irish photographer who moved to Vancouver in 2019. He is endlessly fascinated by people and how they interact in public spaces and his work focuses on capturing such moments.

Vadim Marmer

Born 1971. I have been doing street photography for over 20 years.

Chris McCann

Chris is an amateur street photographer living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Although her photography is based in street scenes, she endeavours to create images that are timeless, placeless and visceral. In her latest series on Singaporean women, she conveys the feeling of rushing to get a takeaway lunch, catch a cab or run to a meeting.

Jay Pozo

Jay learned photography and darkroom in the late 90s and has since been documenting life around him. His approach to photography is akin to a situationist dérive through his physical and emotional experience of life.

Max Richter

I like to document the matter-of-fact, unglamorous elements that make a city sustainable. My photos document my explorations in the world using the camera on my phone.

Jae Ryan

Jae moved to Vancouver at the end of last summer and began making photographs shortly after. Due to the wet and sunless winter climate, he started photographing mainly at night. Though he started out shooting empty and quiet spaces, he’s recently been exploring street photography and portraiture.

Alexandra Skodyn

Alex is a photographer, software developer and dog mom who lives in Vancouver, BC. She loves street photography because it encourages her to get out of the house, take long walks and capture interesting moments. Her favourite street photographers include Elliott Erwitt, Vivian Maier and Fred Herzog.

Barbara Strigel

Barbara Strigel is a photographer, collage-artist and bookmaker based in Vancouver. Her images begin on the street with the gesture of a stranger in an architectural space. In Adobe Photoshop, she works with fragments of her photographs,  layering them into digital compositions that incorporate scans of torn paper and paint. Her limited edition digital collages are printed on rag paper and enhanced with coloured pencil details. The fragmentary nature of collage relates to how we perceive space.  A collaged image is both familiar and elusive, like the glimpse of a thought. 

Website: https://www.barbarastrigel.com/