Flash Forward 2015 Group Show
May 1–8, 2016

  • The Shepherd’s Daughter by Clare Benson, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

    The Shepherd’s Daughter by Clare Benson, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

  • Ormet Aluminum from the series Born and Raised by Aaron Blum, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

    Ormet Aluminum from the series Born and Raised by Aaron Blum, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

  • Untitled 9017 from the series Woods and the Walls and Wells by Goseong Choi, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

    Untitled 9017 from the series Woods and the Walls and Wells by Goseong Choi, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

  • Emergent #16 from the series Emergence (2014) by Mark Dorf, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

    Emergent #16 from the series Emergence (2014) by Mark Dorf, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

  • Antietam, Virginia, 2012 from the series Broken Land by Eliot Dudik, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

    Antietam, Virginia, 2012 from the series Broken Land by Eliot Dudik, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

  • Yellow light, arctic “night” from the series #Crowdsourced Landscapes by Lori Hepner, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

    Yellow light, arctic “night” from the series #Crowdsourced Landscapes by Lori Hepner, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

  • Andre from the series Queen Ave. Dead End (2014) by Ricky Rhodes, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

    Andre from the series Queen Ave. Dead End (2014) by Ricky Rhodes, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

  • No. 54 (Object) from the series Mimesis (2014) by Clare A. Warden, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

    No. 54 (Object) from the series Mimesis (2014) by Clare A. Warden, Flash Forward 2016 US Winner

The Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward program is an annual competition that showcases the work being created by the very best emerging photographers from Canada, the UK and the US. Every year, judges from each of the participating countries review the submitted work and identify the young people that they believe show promise as professional fine art or documentary photographers.

The Flash Forward 2015 Group Show features a select cross-section chosen from the bodies of work featured in the competition catalogue. The photography covers all genres from documentary, photojournalism and fine art studio practices, and shows how each of these young photographers are impacted by their mentors, interests and choices of subject matter.

The Flash Forward 2015 Group Show pays tribute to the diversity of the annual program and its growing profile, offering evidence that the best emerging photographers are at the cutting edge of photography, influencing the direction it will take in years to come.

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Featured Artists

Bright Spark

  • Charlie Shoemaker

Canada

  • Daphne Yuen
  • Margaret Thompson
  • Steph Martyniuk

United Kingdom

  • Annie Collinge
  • Robert Ormerod
  • Sam Wood

United States

  • Goseong Choi
  • Mark Dorf
  • Ricky Rhodes

Sponsored by

GTI Properties

Curators

MaryAnn Camilleri magentafoundation.org

Founder, The Magenta Foundation
Director, Flash Forward Festival

Established in 2004, The Magenta Foundation is Canada’s pioneering non-profit, charitable arts publishing house. Magenta was created to organize promotional opportunities for artists, in an international context, through circulated exhibitions and publications. Projects mounted by Magenta are supported by credible international media coverage and critical reviews in all mainstream-media formats (radio, television and print). Magenta works with respected individuals and international organizations to help increase recognition for artists while uniting the global photography community. Through its successful emerging photographers program, Flash Forward, Magenta’s expansion into Boston has allowed the organization to set a standard for community collaboration while developing both a domestic and international presence vital to the success of artists. Magenta’s latest diversification and growth will continue through Magenta POP. These pop-up art exhibitions premiered in2013 in Pittsburgh.

Julien Beaupré Ste-Marie


Photography Editor
Managing Editor/Books & Exhibitions, The Magenta Foundation

Julien Beaupré Ste-Marie is a photo editor with an international roster of clients and contacts. The photography, video and illustration projects he has commissioned have won National Magazine, Grafika, Lux, NATJA and Pearl awards and have been praised in numerous publications including Applied Arts, Communication Arts, Computer Arts and Creative Quarterly. As a curator he has developed shows for the Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Festival, and exhibited in Toronto, Boston, Portland and London. Formerly the Photo Editor of enRoute magazine, he is now Managing Editor/Books & Exhibitions at the Toronto-based Magenta Foundation. Beaupré Ste-Marie possesses a background in Art History and Communications, and his interests lie in fashion and art photography as well as the magazine media.