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Do It For The Grain (DIFTG) engages the Ottawa (and surrounding area) photographic community by creating accessible peer-reviewed education and promotion opportunities for all, with particular consideration for underrepresented groups, as we aim to be a rich, diverse, and vibrant organization.
We work toward this by publishing our monthly zine, sharing the work of local artists via social media and exhibitions (both physical and virtual), presenting affordable workshops, offering services and equipment to those in need, and including as broad a range of artists as possible in these endeavours.
To follow through with the latter, and acknowledge the inherent challenges some face, we enable those who are part of priority groups to identify themselves when submitting their work. These groups include:
Indigenous
Black
Racialized
LGBTQIA2S+
Experiencing a disability (visible or not)
I was a co-director and board member of DIFTG from October 2022 to June 2025.
When I joined the collective, I introduced the translation of all the marketing material and promotional content in order to make our programs and services accessible to the French-speaking members of the film photography community in the Ottawa-Gatineau area, which allowed for a wider outreach and more diverse audience. I'm proud to say that DIFTG is now collaborating with 3 businesses in the Gatineau area that joined the list of stockists for distribution of our monthly and special edition zines.
FILM FRIDAYS
FILM FRIDAYS
In October 2024, I took charge of curating the Film Friday series, which serves as an online extension of the zine.
June 2024 - Co-curator
VOLUME 5 - ISSUE 11:
5-year anniversary
exhibit & zine:
"Memento"
VOLUME 5 - ISSUE 11:
5-year anniversary
exhibit & zine:
"Memento"
Exhibit logo: Esther Johnson
DIFTG turns 5! This anniversary is a testament of the work accomplished, the community we’ve built together, and a motivation to keep growing and moving forward. After all, what is an anniversary if not the celebration of momentum? With that said, one can’t go forward without keeping a trace from the past. As such, this anniversary’s theme is “Memento“.
“Memento” is an opportunity to mark the ways in which moments can be recorded, how mementos can be made tangible by the physicality of film – all the while existing in the immateriality of time and community in the form of memories. While changes happen over time, keepsakes and souvenirs serve as a testament to its passing.
2-part exhibit: Arlington Five (5 Arlington ave.)
and Knyota Drinks (104 Bank st.)
Ottawa, ON.
On display 6/27 – 7/31
Vernissage: Thursday, June 27th, 7:30pm-10pm
DIFTG a 5 ans! Cet anniversaire est un testament du travail accompli, de la communauté qu’on a bâtie ensemble, et une motivation de continuer à grandir et aller de l’avant. Après tout, qu’est-ce qu’un anniversaire si pas la célébration de l’élan? Cela dit, on ne peut pas avancer sans garder une trace du passé. Par conséquent, le thème de cet anniversaire est “Mémento“.
“Mémento” est une occasion de marquer les manières par lesquelles des moments peuvent être immortalisés, des mémentos rendus palpables grâce à la matérialité de l’argentique – tout en existant dans l’immatériel du temps et de la communauté sous la forme des souvenirs. Alors que les changements se manifestent au fil du temps, les objets servent comme testament de son passage.
Exposition en 2 parties: Arlington Five (5 ave. Arlington)
et Knyota Drinks (104 rue Bank)
Ottawa, ON.
À l’affiche: 6/27 – 7/31
Vernissage: le jeudi 27 juin, 19h30-22h
Theme prompt
With the return of Spring, tell us what this time of year entails for you. Whether it's spring cleaning (physical or emotional, shedding layers, "coming clean", etc.) or embracing the rebirth, new beginnings and fiery energy that takes place during Aries season, with the days getting longer and the world coming out of hibernation.
DO IT 4 THE GRAIN -
4-year anniversary
exhibit & zine:
"Home" / "Chez Soi"
DO IT 4 THE GRAIN -
4-year anniversary
exhibit & zine:
"Home" / "Chez Soi"
March 2023 - Co-curator
DIFTG’s 4-Year Anniversary exhibition, Home, featured 35 Ottawa-and-area analog artists who provided a photographic answer to the question, “What does Home mean to you?”
This group exhibition featured images of personal and intimate spaces, neighbourhoods, favourite cities, and hometowns. Using photography, artists shared how they find a sense of Home: in themselves, in their family (biological and found), partners, or loved ones, in their emotions, dreams, and memories.
Home is complex, but it’s something we can all relate to and reflect upon.
Happy Goat Coffee Co. (Sandy Hill), 317 Wilbrod st. (at Friel)
Ottawa, ON.
On display 3/24 – 4/23
Vernissage: Friday, March 24th, 7pm-10pm
L’exposition du 4e anniversaire de DIFTG, Chez Soi, a mis en vedette 35 artistes analogues de la région de l’Outaouais qui ont proposé une interprétation photographique à la question, “Que signifie être chez-soi, pour toi?”
Cette exposition de groupe incluait des images d’espaces personnels et intimes, de voisinages, de villes préférées, de villes natales. À travers la photographie, les artistes ont partagé comment ils définissent leur Chez-Soi : en eux-même, auprès de leur famille (biologique ou choisie), partenaires, proches, ou dans leurs émotions, rêves et souvenirs.
Aussi complexe soit-elle, la notion du Chez-Soi est de sorte que nous pouvons tou.te.s nous y identifier et y refléter.
Happy Goat Coffee Co. (Sandy Hill), 317 ch. Wilbrod (à Friel)
Ottawa, ON.
À l’affiche: 3/24 – 4/23
Vernissage: le vendredi 24 mars, 19h-22h
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