Brand New Caribbean Canadian photography association looks beyond the Carnival for its first group exhibition
By Stephen Weir Canada’s first professional photography association is having its first ever major exhibition this carnival season. It all happens in two weeks at the Scarborough Civic Centre on Borough Drive. Beyond The Carnival photography exhibition features the work eight members of the newly created Canadian Caribbean Photographic Art Collective (CCPAC). Their framed works will hang in the Civic Centre’s rotunda, July 24 th to August 7 th . The new show is described as “an artistic expression of Caribbean experience through our lenses.” The show is free and can be viewed 9am – 9pm daily. “The CCPAC, and this exhibition is all about archiving the history of the Caribbean Canadian experience,” explains Anthony Berot, the founder of the Canadian Caribbean Photographic Art Collective. “ We have an amazing story that is unique to the people of the Caribbean that now call Canada home. Black. Chinese. Indian we have a common experience that