Capture Photography Festival Hosts Free Artist-Led Tours in Vancouver This Weekend
This weekend, the Capture Photography Festival offers two complimentary events that invite the community to explore contemporary photography. On April 11, 2026, Michelle Sound will host a discussion and tour of her exhibition 'Wherever You Are' at Ceremonial / Art in Macaulay + Co. Gallery. Attendees must register due to limited seating for accessibility. The following day, April 12, 2026, Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez will lead a tour of 'Embodied Conversations: The Lillian and Billy Mauer Collection' at Griffin Art Projects, showcasing works by renowned artists such as Nan Goldin and Cindy Sherman. No registration is required for this event. Reyes Rodriguez, a 2023 New Generation Photography Award winner, is an Assistant Professor at Emily Carr University. Both events are co-presented by Capture Photography Festival.
Key facts
- Two free events are part of the Capture Photography Festival.
- Michelle Sound's talk is on April 11, 2026, at Ceremonial / Art in Vancouver.
- Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez's tour is on April 12, 2026, at Griffin Art Projects in North Vancouver.
- Registration is required for Michelle Sound's event; no registration needed for Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez's tour.
- Michelle Sound is a Cree and Métis artist from Wapsewsipi/Swan River First Nation.
- Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez will discuss works by Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman, Shirin Neshat, Francis Stark, and André Kertész.
- Michelle Sound's commissioned project 'Wherever You Are' was created for the 2026 Capture Photography Festival.
- Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez won the 2023 New Generation Photography Award from the National Gallery of Canada.
Entities
Artists
- Michelle Sound
- Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez
- Nan Goldin
- Cindy Sherman
- Shirin Neshat
- Francis Stark
- André Kertész
- Lorraine O’Grady
- Lillian Mauer
- Billy Mauer
Institutions
- Capture Photography Festival
- Griffin Art Projects
- Ceremonial / Art
- Macaulay + Co. Gallery
- Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts
- Emily Carr University of Art + Design
- National Gallery of Canada
- David Peter Francis
- Center for Artistic and Cultural Practices
- Terremoto/La Postal
- Luhring Augustine
- Centre for Contemporary Art
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Aperture
- Artforum
- Border Crossings
- New York Times
- Visual Arts-Droits d’auteur Arts visuels (COVA-DAAV)
- Wapsewsipi/Swan River First Nation
Locations
- Vancouver
- Canada
- North Vancouver
- Winnipeg
- Mexico City
- New York City
- Ottawa
- Glasgow
- Chicago
- Northern Alberta
- xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) Territories
- Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Territories
- Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories