Chris Donovan

Chris Donovan is a documentary photographer, arts administrator, and educator based in Saint John, New Brunswick. He holds an MFA in documentary media and is a PhD candidate at Toronto Metropolitan University. He works on long-term photographic projects which address issues of class and environmental justice primarily in the Canadian Maritimes and the American Midwest. He is the founder and director of a new festival of contemporary photography called Photo E(a)st.

His new book, The Cloud Factory, examines issues of environmental classism and is a love-letter to the resilience and beauty of his hometown of Saint John. His work has been exhibited in group exhibitions at galleries in more than 30 countries and across Canada including at The Image Centre in Toronto and the National Gallery of Canada. His work regularly appears in newspapers such as The New York Times and The Globe and Mail.