ABOUT
Christopher Manson is a photographer and educator with a focus on the narrative documentary genre and the book medium. His photographs have been published in a number of publications including The Observer on Sunday (London), Time Out Magazine (Dubai), and on The New York Times LENS blog. He is the author of numerous self-published documentary photobooks focused on diabetes and First Nation health in remote northern regions of Canada. Manson’s bookworks can be found in numerous collections including the AGO Art Gallery of Ontario, Dorothy H. Hoover Library (Ontario College of Art & Design), Ryerson Archives & Special Collections, Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections (York University), and many others.
Christopher is based in Yorkshire & travels to Canada regularly. He is available for assignments, lectures and workshops.
Email: mansonphotography [@] gmail.com
Profile photo by Lodoe Laura
UPCOMING
- 2021 ‘A Sense of Place’, Bristol Photo Festival
- 2021 Digital mosaic and exhibit at FORMAT21, QUAD and Derby Museum and Art Gallery, UK
EXHIBITIONS AND BOOK FAIRS
- 2021 "Tear Gas and Art in Contemporary Times", Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei.
- 2019 Group Show, Remote Control Humber, Brynmor Jones Gallery, Hull, UK
- 2019 Group Show, National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port, Liverpool, UK
- 2018 Group Show, Ferens Art Gallery, Open Exhibition, Hull, UK
- 2017 INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks at the Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, USA
- 2016 1/Edition: Toronto's Art Book Fair, Riot Act: Looking Back at the G20, Toronto, CAN
- 2016 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Book Fair, Riot Act: Looking Back at the G20, Vancouver, CAN
- 2016 Artscape Youngplace, TYPOLOGY at the Toronto Art Book Fair, Working Title, Toronto, CAN
- 2016 Runnymede Library, Portraits from Flight and Freedom, Toronto, CAN
- 2016 Ryerson Image Centre, Living with Diabetes in Moose Factory, Toronto, CAN
- 2015 Ryerson Artspace at The Gladstone Hotel, Riot Act: Looking Back at the G20, CAN
- 2015 The Rose Theatre, The Art of Caring Exhibition (Group), Kingston-upon Thames, UK
- 2014 Robert Mclaughlin Gallery, Exposed (Group), Toronto, CAN
- 2013 Harbourfront Center (Commission), Nine Rivers City, Toronto, CAN
- 2011 HOST gallery, War on Want (Group), London, UK
- 2011 Toronto Image Works Gallery, Type 1 Teen (M.F.A. show), Toronto, CAN
- 2010 American University Museum, One Hour Photo (Group), Washington, DC
- 2010 Contact Gallery, Magnum Photos Masterclass (Group), Toronto, CAN
- 2008 The Red Head Gallery, Insomnia (Group), Nuit Blanche, Toronto, CAN
- 2008 Hamilton Fringe Fest, Emerging - New Documentarists, (Projection), Hamilton, CAN
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS
- 2013 Project Grant for Visual Artists, Canada Council for the Arts
- 2011 Visual Artists Grant, Toronto Arts Council
- 2011 People’s Choice Award, Photography Book Now Competition, Blurb
- 2011 Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution in Arts and Culture’ by the Jewish Film Festival
- 2010 MAGNUM PHOTOS Scholarship awarded by Scotiabank
TALKS, WORKSHOPS, PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
- 2019 Artist Talk, Photographing the Remote North, Hinterland Creative, Driffield, UK
- 2019 Artist Talk, Photographing the Remote North, Teeside University, UK
- 2019 Artist Talk, Photographing the Remote North, Hull College, UK
- 2017 Photobook Workshop, Toronto International Book Fair, CAN
- 2017 Portfolio Reviewer, News Photographers Association of Canada’s Annual Photojournalism Conference, Toronto, CAN
- 2016 Workshop, Photobook Workshop, Gallery 44, CAN
- 2016 Workshop, Book Arts Workshop, Artscape Youngplace with Gallery 44 and Critical Distance, CAN
- 2015 Artist Talk, Creativity and the Mind (Conference), Agnes Etherington Art Centre, CAN
- 2014 Artist Talk, Nine Rivers City, Ontario Archaeological Society - Peterborough, CAN
- 2013 Artist Talk, Nine Rivers City, Ontario Archaeological Society - Toronto, CAN
- 2013 Workshop - The DIY Photobook, Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, CAN
- 2013 Artist Talk, Hull School of Art & Design, Kingston Upon Hull, UK
- 2012 Artist Talk, Documenting the Invisible, Pediatric Diabetes Conference, Toronto, CAN
- 2012 Artist Talk, Documenting the Invisible, M.F.A. Ryerson University, Toronto, CAN
- 2011 Panel Member, Raising the Lusitania: How to Render the Invisible, CONTACT Festival, CAN
- 2010 Artist Talk, Type 1 Teen, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, CAN
CATALOGUES, REVIEWS, NEWS CLIPPINGS
- 2020 Interview about Window Portraits during Covid-19: Ryerson Magazine
- 2019 Interview: Great Driffield Radio
- 2016 F-Stop Magazine, Where I Live, Issue #73, Nov
- 2015 NOW Magazine, Reliving the G20 Riot 5-Years Later, July 22
- 2013 Ryerson Magazine, Living with Diabetes in Moose Factory, Winter Issue
- 2013 Globe and Mail, In Pictures: Nine Rivers City, June 21
- 2012 New York Times LENS, Photographing an Invisible Subject, Jan 11
- 2012 Diabetes Dialogue, Type 1 Teen Photo Essay, Spring Issue, pg.20-27
- 2011 The Hospital News, Type 1 Teen Photo Essay, December Issue, pg.18-19
- 2011 News Photographers Association of Canada, Type 1 Teen Photo Essay, Jan 20
- 2010 News Photographers Association of Canada, Beirut Photo Essay, March 10
- 2008 FOAM, Burlesque Photo Essay, Fall Talent Issue, pg.32
- 2008 Naked Eye Magazine, Burlesque Photo Essay, Spring Issue, pg.75-77
TEACHING AND ASSISTING WORK
- 2018 London South Bank University, Contract Lecturer, London, UK
- 2012-2017 School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Contract Lecturer, Toronto, CAN
- 2011 Teaching Assisstant, Photojurnalism Dept., International Center of Photography, NYC, USA
- 2008-2015 MAGNUM PHOTOS, Workshop Assistant to Larry Towell (2015), Bruce Gilden (2012), Stuart Franklin (2010), Chris Anderson (2008), during the Contact Photo Festival, Toronto, CAN
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS
- 2011 M.F.A. Documentary Media (Awarded with Distinction), Ryerson University, Canada
- 2002 B.A. (Honors) Contemporary Photographic Practice, Northumbria University, UK