Teen Photo Contest

Arden Mailhiot
Recently graduated from the Lambton College Photography Program, she is now advancing her career by studying film at Toronto Metropolitan University. She has a strong focus on music and portrait photography. In her portrait work, she embraces unconventional photography methods such as the use of double exposures, dramatic lighting, and motion blur. Also, a music photographer, she captures the vitality of live performances through silhouettes and framing the subject in unique and creative ways. Arden was also featured in the 2022 Teen Photo Contest Exhibit "Feels like Home."

Richard Beland
A music photographer based in Toronto, Canada. His extensive body of work, which dates back to 1993 and includes live performance photographs as well as studio portraits, celebrates popular music's depth and eclectic breadth. From photographs of Coldplay to those of The Tragically Hip, Richard Beland's images of international stars and Canadian icons reveal his passion for his craft, his keen sense of composition, and his steadfast commitment to detail.

                         Sonya Blazek                          Curator at the Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery (2019-present). Prior to assuming this role, she was the assistant curator at the Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery (2017-2019), the curator (2016-2017) and assistant curator (2010-2016) at the Thames Art Gallery and served as the gallery administrator for the artist-run-centre ARTspace (2008-2010). She received her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Art History from Queen’s University.