Toronto: +1 647 968 5221
E-mail: r2walker@gmail.com

Ryan Walker is an emerging photographer based in Toronto, Canada specializing in social documentary, editorial photography, and visual advocacy. His creative practice explores intimate storytelling through film and photographic mediums.

Walker’s work has been exhibited in Canada and the United States. He has also received several awards, grants, and scholarships including the Magenta Flash Forward—Emerging Photographers award (2012), an Ontario Graduate Fellowship Grant (2012), and a Magnum Photos scholarship (2010).

For the past two years, he has assisted Magnum photographers Eli Reed and Larry Towell in the Magnum Photos Workshops as part of the CONTACT photo festival in Toronto. He is currently completing his MFA in Documentary Media at Ryerson University.

Propelled by a curiosity to explore unique narratives, Walker’s work attempts to blur the boundaries between photojournalism, documentary, and conceptual art.