Canadian photographer, Tom Zsolt has been documenting the changing Ontario countryside for over 20 years. His exhibition, Ontario Gothic, during Contact ’98 in Toronto, caught the imagination of the public and of publisher Roger Boulton of Kearns, Vander Meersch & Boulton, who in 1999 published County Matters, Zsolt’s first book. This major work documented the changing land, people and lifestyles in rural Ontario and was well received by the public and the media. Country Matters was short listed as one of five finalists for the Roloff Beny Award for the best book of photography by a Canadian published that year.

Zsolt also completed work photographing the remnants and restoration of “Halifax NA337”, a unique and historic aircraft intended to be a permanent memorial to Canadian airman of the Second World War. Zsolt’s photographs will comprise a major portion of a book and CBC documentary planned for the opening of the new war museum. Among other projects, Tom is currently collaborating with writer/psychologist Toni Atkinson on a book of landscapes. His photographs will be accompanied by Atkinson’s essays exploring visual perception and the affects of our surroundings.

Tom Zsolt, who lectures internationally, has appeared on CITY-TV, CTV, TVO, and in numerous radio interviews including with Andy Barry of the CBC. His work is exhibited in Ontario and is collected across Canada by private individuals, corporations and institutions including The Ryerson University Collection and Georgina Art Centre & Gallery. Zsolt, who has photographed worldwide, lives in Georgian Township in rural Ontario, and continues to photograph most extensively in Canada, South Western United States, the East Coast and Central America.

Exhibitions

May-June 2007 Our Town

Georgina Art Centre & Gallery, Sutton, Ontario, Toronto Festival of Photography, Contact 2007,

May 2003 City and Country Boundaries

Ryerson Gallery, (group exhibit), Toronto, Ontario, Toronto Festival of Photography, Contact 2003,

May 1999 Country Matters

Peter Pan Restaurant, Queen West, Toronto, Ontario, Toronto Festival of Photography, Contact 99,

May-July 1999 Canadian Landscapes

D-Max Gallery, (group exhibition), Toronto, Ontario

May 1998 Ontario Gothic

Chapters, Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario, Toronto Festival of Photography, Contact 98,

July 1995 Cottage Country

Outdoor Arts & Crafts Exhibition, City Hall, Toronto, Ontario

Fall 1993 Selections from Rural Ontario

Bremner Fine Art, Markham, Ontario

Summer 1992 People Close-up

Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

August 1988 Nature Photographs

Waterside Art Exhibit, Lagoon City, Ontario