Three must-see exhibits at the 2016 Capture Photography Festival

From Dina Goldstein’s Gods of Suburbia photography exhibit, part of Capture Photography Festival April 14-30.

The Capture Photography Festival takes off tonight. A number of exhibits are opening, while several one-night-only events are taking place. If you want to get to know the city through some of its most creative correspondents, the festival is a must.

A full list of the opening night events can be found on the capturephotofest.com website. Below, we look at some of the festival’s most intriguing exhibits.

What is Love (until April 14, BAF Gallery/Burrard Arts Foundation, 108 East Broadway) – Angela Fama spent two months on the road, asking people all over North America the titular question. She “documented the process by capturing a consistent set of photographs timed with the discussion and recording the stories shared. The project has been created with the intent of comparative viewing,” according to a synopsis at the capturephotofest.com.

Light and the Social Order (until April 21 at Covan02 Art Gallery, 148 Alexander St.) – Chinatown’s traditional businesses are closing and being replaced by cafes, skateboard shops, upscale restaurants, and art galleries, while signage everywhere promotes new condo developments. Louise Francis-Smith‘s exhibit looks at this rapidly changing, historic Vancouver neighbourhood.

Louise Francis-Smith,
Gain Wah, 2012.

Gods of Suburbia (April 14 – 30, South Main Gallery 279 East 6th Avenue) – Dina Goldstein‘s exhibit is a ten-part conceptual photography project that “analyzes religious faith within the modern context of technology, science, and secularism. The project challenges the viewer—religious or secular—to embark on a journey of self-reflection as they contemplate the relevance of ancient ethics and morals in a society characterized by materialism and consumerism.”

For a full list of exhibits, visit capturephotofest.com/exhibitions.