Toronto artist Chris Shepherd’s photographs document and interpret the world around us. When Shepherd makes a photo, he’s asking us to join him in looking at familiar materials and settings in a new light; whether the subject matter is a normally bustling place that is temporarily devoid of activity, or an arrangement of materials discovered during one of his regular walks, or an in-studio assemblage of objects.

Guillaume Simoneau’s approach to photography caught the attention of collectors and critics through his award winning body of work, Love and War, which subtlety documents many things: the practical difficulties of long-distance relationships; the intermediary nature of technology in contemporary society; and the way that war forever changes combatants and the people they love.