Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2007

Samples of emerging photographers' work from Flash Forward 2007
Details from ( l to r ): a Phone Call from 1963 by Nik Mirus (Canada), The Hairset by Maxine Beuret (UK), Untitled #39 by Jessica Bruah (US). From Flash Forward 2007.

Flash Forward is The Magenta Foundation's annual emerging photographers competition. Now in its third year, this compelling look at exciting new work from three countries brings to light the talent and promise of an exceptional group of photographers.

Flash Forward showcases the future of photography, focusing on emerging talent that jurors have identified as having great potential. This small volume is essential for curators, collectors, advertising professionals and artists who wish to stay fully informed about up-and-coming photographers.

Photographers featured this year include: Jaime Campbell, Robyn Cumming, Adrian Fish, Jeff Harris, Adam Harrison, Eamon Mac Mahon, and Rob Mcinnis from Canada; Olivia Arthur, Charlie Crane, Sophie Gerrad, Guy Martin, Edgar Martins, Helga Steppan, and Andrea Testoni from the UK; Andrea Chu, Heather Culp, Matt Eich, Christopher LaMarca, William Lamson, Beatrix Reinhardt, and Shen Wei from the US.

Exhibitions

Companion exhibitions of work by photographers featured in Flash Forward will be held in Toronto and New York:

October 4-21, 2007
Lennox Contemporary, 12 Ossington Avenue, Toronto

November 29-December 22, 2007
Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, 508 West 26th Street, Suite 5A, New York

Download PDF Invitation (600 kb)

Recycling Bin Exhibition

The Magenta Foundation is delighted to participate in EcoMedia Direct Inc's ongoing campaign to beautify the streetscape by taking everyday sidewalk recycling bins and wrapping them in art. From October 2007 to January 2008, in Toronto's Financial District, images from Flash Forward 07 will adorn the city's SilverBox® recycling bins.

Photos and further information

Media Coverage

"Stories" by Jessica Bruah: story on one of the artists featured in FF 2007, including info about Flash Forward and Magenta (Miguel Garcia-Guzman, ExposureCompensation.wordpress.com, Jan 3, 2008)
Pink recycling bins turn trash into treasure: Containers use art, colour to attract litterbugs and clean up Toronto's streets (Erika Hogerwaard, Toronto Observer, Nov 10, 2007)
CamBay pictures grace Toronto recycling bins (Nunatsiaq News, Nov 9, 2007)
Beauty and the Bins (Mark Medley, National Post, Oct 13, 2007)
Beautiful recycling bins? (Terry Poulton, MediaInCanada.com, Oct 12, 2007)
Trashed: "For the next four months, twenty of Toronto's garbage bins throughout the Financial District will be given a reprieve from displaying ads to instead serve as big, beautiful, magenta frames for some rather lovely photography..." (read more) (David Topping, Torontoist.com, Oct 5, 2007)

The Book

Flash Forward
2007 book cover The foreword is written by Susan Bright, an independent writer, lecturer and curator. She is former curator of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery and director of the Association of Photographers Gallery.

Hardcover, 7" x 9", 192 pages
190+ photographs, full colour throughout
ISBN # 978-0-9739739-2-1
Price: $30.00

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Distributed Fall 2007 in North America by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, or order online through PayPal (PayPal account not needed - they also accept credit cards):

In Canada:
$30.00 + $8.00 shipping (CAD)

In the US:
$30.00 + $12.00 shipping (USD)

To order from other countries, please contact us.

The Magenta Foundation would especially like to thank our sponsor TD Bank Financial Group for encouraging and supporting young artists:

This Year's Jurors:

Daniel Faria from the Monte Clark Gallery in Toronto
Darren Ching from Photo District News in NY
Simon Bainbridge from British Journal of Photography in London
And introducing:
Rebecca McClelland from The Sunday Times in London