IAN WILLMS

Freelance Contributor (2008-present): National Geographic, The New York Times, The International New York Times, TIME Magazine, Bloomberg, GEO, Slate, VICE, New York Magazine, The Guardian, Harper’s, The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, Greenpeace, Oxfam

  • 2019: Represented by Panos Pictures
  • 2018: World Press Photo 6x6 Global Talent Program
  • 2015: Founding Member of NAMARA Represents
  • 2012: Reportage by Getty Images, Emerging Talent Mentorship
  • 2010: Founding member of Boreal Collective
  • 2009: The Toronto Star, Contract Photographer
  • 2008: Loyalist College, Honours Diploma in Photojournalism

ACCOLADES

  • 2020: Sony World Photography Awards - Documentary: Shortlist
  • 2020: Pictures of the Year International - Daily Life: Award of Excellence
  • 2019: Eugene Smith Award: shortlisted
  • 2018 Greenpeace Photo Award: Jury Award Winner
  • 2018: CONTACT Burtynsky Grant: HM
  • 2018: Digital Publishing Awards, Photo Storytelling: Nominee
  • 2018: Magenta Foundation, Flash Forward: Winner
  • 2018: National Newspaper Awards, News Photograph: 1st
  • 2018: National Pictures of the Year: General News Picture Story: 1st and 2nd
  • 2018: National Pictures of the Year: International Picture Story: 3rd
  • 2018: National Pictures of the Year: Photojournalist of the Year: shortlisted
  • 2017: Ontario Arts Council: Visual Artists Grant Recipient
  • 2016: Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts: Finalist
  • 2016: Magenta Foundation Flash Forward: Winner
  • 2016: Viewfind Grant: Shortlisted
  • 2015: Magenta Foundation Flash Forward: Winner
  • 2014: Int'l Photography Awards, Deeper Perspective - Honourable Mention
  • 2014: National Magazine Awards, Photojournalism & Photo Essay - Honourable Mention
  • 2014: FotoVisura Photography Grant - Honourable Mention
  • 2014: Magenta Foundation, Flash Forward Tenth
  • 2013: CONTACT Photography Festival Portfolio Award - 1st
  • 2013: FotoVisura Photography Grant - Honourable Mention
  • 2013: Magenta Foundation Flash Forward: Winner
  • 2013: Canada Council for the Arts - Visual Artists Grant Recipient
  • 2013: Pictures of the Year International, Environmental Vision Award - Honourable Mention
  • 2012: Photolucida Critical Mass 2012 - shortlisted
  • 2012: National Magazine Awards, Photojournalism & Photo Essay - 1st
  • 2012: Burn Magazine Emerging Photographer Fund - shortlisted
  • 2012: Ontario Arts Council - Visual Artists Grant Recipient
  • 2011: CONTACT Photography Festival - Feature Exhibition
  • 2010: MAGNUM Expression Photography Award - shortlisted
  • 2010: NPPA Best of Photojournalism 2010, News Picture Story - 2nd

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2020: November-December: As Long as the Sun Shines, Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India
  • 2020: September: As Long as the Sun Shines, Visa pour l’Image festival, Perpignan, France
  • 2019: October-December: As Long as the Sun Shines, Coalmine, Zürich (Winterthur), Switzerland
  • 2019: August-November: As Long as the Sun Shines, F3 - Space for Photography, Berlin, Germany
  • 2018: June: As Long as the Sun Shines, Lumix Festival, Hanover, Germany
  • 2017: October: I’m Going to Fade Away, Zoom Festival, Chicoutimi, Canada
  • 2017: October: We Shall See, Photopolis Festival, Halifax, Canada
  • 2016: September-November: As Long as the Sun Shines, Half King, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • 2016: April-May: We Shall See, CONTACT Photography Festival, The Gladstone, Toronto, Canada
  • 2014: January-March - Road to Nowhere, CONTACT Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 2011: October-November - The Occupation, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Canada
  • 2010: August-September - Detroit, Pikto Gallery, Toronto, Canada

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2019: 175 Years of Photography, The Globe and Mail, permanent installation
  • 2018: National Pictures of the Year, Canada-wide traveling exhibition
  • 2017: February - Ethical Journalism, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • 2016: May - #DYSTURB, CONTACT Photography Festival, Kensington Market, Toronto, Canada,
  • 2016: May - The Staff, NAMARA Represents, CONTACT Photography Festival, Murray Building, Toronto, Canada
  • 2015: October - Flash Forward 2015, Magenta Foundation, Division Gallery, Toronto and Montreal, Canada
  • 2015: September - Curiouser and Curiouser, Instagram, Photoville, New York, U.S.A.
  • 2015: March - Subject(ive), Boreal Collective, FORMAT Festival, Derby, United Kingdom
  • 2014: October - Tension, Boreal Collective, ZOOM Photo Festival, Saguenay, Canada
  • 2014: July - Kind of Wild, Sort of Free, The VICE 2014 Photo Show, Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver, Canada
  • 2014: May-August - The FENCE, United Photo Industries, Boston, U.S.A. (installation)
  • 2014: January - Romanticism Now, O'Born Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
  • 2013: May-September - Pictures of the Year International, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, U.S.A.
  • 2013: May - Private as Public, Harbord Coin Wash, Toronto, Canada
  • 2012: June - The Present, Oz Studios, Toronto, Canada
  • 2012: January - After The End, O’Born Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
  • 2011: June - Mapping the Flâneur, Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K.
  • 2011: May - Home, CONTACT Photography Festival, Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
  • 2011: April - Merging and Emerging, Etobicoke Civic Centre, Etobicoke, Canada
  • 2011: March - The Cheaper Show, Black and Yellow Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2011: March - Mapping the Flâneur, Format International Photography Festival, U.K.
  • 2010: November - No Comfort, New Gallery, London, England

SELECTED INTERVIEWS AND LECTURES

  • 2017: Zoom Photo Festival, Chicoutimi, Canada — Artist Talk
  • 2017: Photopolis Photo Festival presentation, Halifax, Canada — Artist Talk
  • 2017: Nuit Blanche, Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, Canada — Artist Talk
  • 2017: Aga Kahn Museum, Ismaili Centre, Toronto, Canada — Workshop
  • 2016: Newsweek Japan — We Shall See
  • 2015: Boreal Bash, Toronto, Canada — Workshop
  • 2015: Seneca College, Mississauga, Canada — Artist Talk
  • 2015: SLATE, "The People You Meet While Traveling Cross Country on a Greyhound Bus"
  • 2015: TIME, "A Son’s Photographic Journey to Reclaim His Father"
  • 2014: 6Mois, "Sur les Traces de Mes Ancêtres"
  • 2014: The Walrus, "Home Lands"
  • 2013: The New York Times, "An Indigenous Way of Life Threatened by Oil Sands in Canada"
  • 2010: Loyalist College, Belleville, Canada — Artist Talk
  • 2009: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada — Artist Talk
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