The city as gallery
Public art, photographed.
Toronto keeps hanging art in public and Laura Rossi keeps showing up for it: Nuit Blanche installations at two in the morning, winter light exhibits on the waterfront, and the sculptures that hold their corner of a neighbourhood year-round.
Her installation photographs have been featured by blogTO and Daily Hive, and organizers and artists commission coverage that treats the work, and the crowds it draws, as the story.
Nuit Blanche
One night a year the whole city stays up for art. The installations get photographed with their crowds, because the crowds are the point.
Winter light
The waterfront exhibits that make February worth leaving the house for.
In daylight
The permanent collection: sculpture and colour that hold their ground in every season.
The city as canvas
Murals and installations that turn a wall or a garden into the neighbourhood's landmark.
Good to know
Can festivals and organizers commission coverage?
Yes. Nuit Blanche projects, light festivals and public art programs commission Laura for opening-night and run-of-exhibit coverage: the installations, the crowds and the scale of the night. Email laura@sp-ce.co with the dates and the works on show.
Can artists use photos of their installations?
Artist licensing is usually straightforward and priced to be workable: your installation, your portfolio. If the work was shot on a festival commission the organizer's terms apply first, and Laura will tell you plainly what's available before any money moves.
Has this work been published?
Yes. Laura's installation photographs have been featured by blogTO and Daily Hive, and her city work has appeared in The Globe and Mail and Toronto Life. Publications can email laura@sp-ce.co for editorial use of her personal archive.