About

Chris Goodyear (b. 1969) is an Ottawa based Canadian photographer who values connection, honesty, and what she would describe as “realness.” Her work is sensitive and direct, often personal and intimate. For Chris, it is all about light, feel, presence, and savouring the small, brilliant moments that are all around us if we care to notice them. She has an eclectic curiosity about the world and uses it to propel her work. A little bit old school and a little bit new school, Chris is willing to explore different methods and mediums in an effort to tell a more compelling story. She wants to make pictures that talk about . . . the indescribable “something” that exists between a photographer and her subject, between an artist and their canvas, between a musician and a live audience . . . a magical something that is sensed but not seen, whenever people are inspired.

Awards + Achievements

2024 APEX Exhibition, Finalist (School of Photographic Arts, Ottawa)

2023 Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize:  Shortlist

2023 IPA Deeper Perspectives Award: Honourable Mention

19th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards: Honourable Mention, Non-Professional "Portraits" category

Royal Photographic Society IPE 164: Shortlist

American Photography 38 (AP38): Chosen Winner

School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa – Apex 2022 Exhibition: Outstanding Digital Award

School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa – A+ 2021 Exhibition: Honourable Mention – Analogue/Alternative Process

Publications

2024   "Saying Goodbye to the Family Cottage", The Walrus magazine, Aug 29.

2024 The Goodyears, self published photobook

PhotoED Magazine - Food Edition, April 2023 Issue

Exhibitions

2024-25  Worth It: 2024 Additions to the City of Ottawa Art Collection, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada

2024-25  Amplifcation - Altern Studio Group Exhibition, Gallery 200, Ottawa School of Dance, Ottawa, Canada

2024 Amplification - Altern Studio Group Exhibition, Northern Contemporary Art Gallery (Contact Photo Festival), Toronto, Canada

2023  Altern Studio Group Exhibition of Selected Works,  Ottawa, Canada