Summer Leigh The Past is Never Far

May 7–Sep 17, 2017

Mackenzie House ⁠ accessible_forward

Summer Leigh, College Street from Yonge Street. Digital photograph through analog image. Toronto Archives: Fonds 1244, Item 1104, 2014 & 1916 — Summer Leigh, *College Street from Yonge Street. Digital photograph through analog image. Toronto Archives: Fonds 1244, Item 1104*, 2014 & 1916

Summer Leigh, Inauguration of Hydroelectricity at Old City Hall. Toronto Archives: Fonds 1244 Item 323, 2014 & 1911 — Summer Leigh, *Inauguration of Hydroelectricity at Old City Hall. Toronto Archives: Fonds 1244 Item 323*, 2014 & 1911

Summer Leigh, Toronto Normal School, Now Ryerson University. Toronto Archives: Fonds 1244, Item 1703, 2014 & 1911 — Summer Leigh, *Toronto Normal School, Now Ryerson University. Toronto Archives: Fonds 1244, Item 1703*, 2014 & 1911

The Past is Never Far is a photographic series that explores many of the extraordinary changes Toronto has undergone over the last two centuries. Leigh presents the city in ways never seen before, juxtaposing traditional and modern technologies to compel the viewer to consider the relationship between past and present. As Leigh photographs Toronto today through the eyes of those who were here before, she invites one to realize the past is never far.

Curated by Summer Leigh