Photographer. Producer. Perpetual motion machine.

I'm an artist, event producer, and cultural delinquent based in Guelph, Ontario. I like to use lens-based media to offer deeply personal encounters with large-scale social, cultural, and historical themes. I'm also interested in transmission (radio) art. My website is www.terrywilliams.ca.

Most of my work is available under a Creative Commons license, an open license that allows reuse of the photos by others. I am lucky to be part of the Creative Commons team for the 2018 Global Summit.

My first photography studies were with Susan McEachern at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1994. After this I pursued a self-directed practice while working as a producer and manager in contemporary theatre and music for over a decade. I had the good fortune to be involved in many fascinating projects with international creators such as Philip Glass, R. Murray Schafer, Jeanne Lamon and Christos Hatzis. I later returned to school at Ryerson University, earning my BFA in Photography in 2014.

My work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions including the 2007 Grand Design Festival in Toronto, and is held by the City of Toronto Archives and in private collections in Canada, the US and the UK. In 2011 I was recognized as a National Winner in Documentary Photography by the Canadian Association of Professional Image Creators’ Rodeo competition.