David Barbour, Robert Hudon and new bicycle , 1954, silver print, City of Ottawa Archives, CA-4804. © Tous droits réservés

David Barbour, Untitled, Ottawa, 1982-1983, silver print, Andrews-Newton Collection, City of Ottawa Archives, CA-4804. © Tous droits réservés

Evergon, The Artist and his Mother (detail), 1986, triptych: Polaroids. Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. © Tous droits réservés

Tony Fouhse, Stirling Ave., Mechanicsville’85 , 1985, silver print. City of Ottawa Fine Art Collection. © Tous droits réservés

Michael Schreier, Comedy of Postures, 2000-2002, dye-coupler c-print. © Tous droits réservés

Larissa Fassler / Barbara Prokop, A Dinner Party for Sarah Smith (detail), 2002, colour print. © Tous droits reserves

Michael Schreier, Comedy of Postures, 2000-2002, dye-coupler c-print. © Tous droits réservés

Duncan Cameron, Professor Philippe Verdier, curator of the exhibition Art and the Courts, 1972, National Gallery of Canada, Library & Archives. © Tous droits réservés

David Cation, Dunning, from the Portrait suite, 1997, linocut print, Carleton University Art Gallery. © Tous droits reserves

Germaine Koh, Self - portrait (detail), ongoing since 1994, oil on panel in layered states, with photo documentation of previous states, Kelowna Art Gallery. © Tous droits reserves

Allan MacKay, Source/Derivations 1: Charles Hill, 1988, charcoal, pastel and oil on paper. © Tous droits reserves

Arnaud Maggs, Sandra Gwyn, 1981, silver print. © Tous droits reserves

Inconnu, Visitor in the Canadian Galleries examining a bust of Lucius O'Brien by Hamilton MacCarthy © Tous droits réservés

Justin Wonnacott, A naked man explaining an image of myself to me – an instructional aid, ca. 1990, colour photograph, Canada Council Art Bank. © Tous droits reserves

Ken Lum, Melly Shum Hates Her Job, 1989, cibachrome. © Tous droits reserves

Inconnu: Elvis Presley Concert, 1957. © Tous droits réservés

Inconnu: Shell Oil Station Robbery. © Tous droits réservés

Inconnu: Hull Court House, Magician Escaping from Cell. © Tous droits réservés

Chris Lund, Atlas of Canada, Mrs. Ruth Decosse Makes a Correction on One of the Maps, 1959, silver print. © photograph Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography

Rod MacIvor, Margaret Trudeau strolls downlane way at 24 Sussex Drive, 1974, silver print. © Tous droits reserves

Lynn Ball, “Homes for homeless” staging a demonstration (Terry Laframbroise), City Hall, 1983, silver print, The Ottawa Citizen. © Tous droits reserves

Duncan Cameron, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968, silver print, Library and Archives of Canada, PA-175917. © Tous droits reserves

Duncan Cameron, Keith Davey, 1966, silver print, Library and Archives of Canada PA115170. © Tous droits reserves

Paul Couvrette, Phil Fontaine, Wisdom of the Elders, 2003, silver print. © Tous droits reserves

Trevor Gould, Man Without A Title, 1984, pastel and charcoal on paper, Canada Council Art Bank. © Tous droits reserves

Chris Mikula, Protest on Hill, silver print, 1981, The Ottawa Citizen. © Tous droits reserves

Michael Snow, Shade, b/w photograph on plexiglass, 1979, Canada Council Art Bank. © Tous droits reserves

Jeffrey Thomas, Making the invisible, visible, 2001, diptych (detail), silver print & colour photo. © Tous droits reserves

Barbara Woodley, Rosemary Brown, Feminist and Politician, from “Portraits: Canadian Women In Focus,” silver print, 1990, Labatt Breweries of Canada, Library and Archives of Canada PA-186871. © Tous droits reserves

Alexandre Castonguay, Estime, 1998, from the series Drawing the Passions, colour print, 1998, Canada Council Art Bank. © Tous droits reserves

Sylvain Cousineau, P.F., 1978, silver print, National Gallery of Canada 21401/P80:008. © Tous droits reserves

Max Dean, So, this is it !, 2001, electronic components, video monitor, computer, Ottawa Art Gallery. © Tous droits reserves

Charles Gagnon, Millerton, 1971, blueprint, Canada Council Art Bank. © Tous droits reserves

Jeffrey Thomas, Listening to the Stone, Cynthia at the Samuel Champlain Monument, 2011, Ottawa, color print. © Tous droits reserves

Jerry Grey, Thomas Shoyama (diptych), 1997-2000, from series Rare Spirits, pastel and charcoal on paper. © Tous droits reserves

Jerry Grey, Thomas Shoyama (diptych), 1997-2000, from series Rare Spirits, pastel and charcoal on paper. © Tous droits reserves

Jerry Grey, Thomas Shoyama (diptych), 1997-2000, from series Rare Spirits, pastel and charcoal on paper. © Tous droits reserves

Jerry Grey, Irene Spry (diptych), 1997-2000, from series Rare Spirits, pastel and charcoal on paper. © Tous droits reserves

Jerry Grey, Irene Spry (diptych), 1997-2000, from series Rare Spirits, pastel and charcoal on paper. © Tous droits reserves