Photographic holdings, in addition to those in archives, date from the 1840s to the present day and include daguerreotypes, panoramas, albums, large-scale contemporary images and new digital prints. Among the over 55,000 images in the Collection are those commissioned by the CCA to offer unique readings of buildings and places by selected artists.

George Hunter: Photography and Canadian Architecture

The extensive corpus of images taken by photographer George Hunter (b. 1921, Regina, Saskatchewan) is a unique record of Canadian urban landscapes... read more

William Notman & Son: Little James Street, Montréal

During the night of 22 January 1888, a terrible fire destroyed an imposing stone building on Little St. James Street, east of Place d’Armes... read more

VKhUTEMAS-VKhUTEIN: Student Exercises

The new Soviet state established the VKhUTEMAS (Higher State Artistic and Technical Workshops) in 1920 to unite advanced teaching in the fine... read more

Edward Burtynsky: Urban Renewal #7, Medium Density Suburb #1, Zegho, Zhejiang Province, China

This large-format photograph by Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky is part of a larger body of work on the transformation of China’s urban landscapes... read more