What is the CMCPs mandate?
The CMCP’s mandate is to collect, interpret and disseminate the best of both documentary and art photography produced by contemporary Canadian artists. Its holdings include over 160,000 photographs, photo-based works, negatives and transparencies. The collection includes materials from the Still Photography Division of the National Film Board of Canada from 1962 to 1985 as well as acquisitions made by the museum since its founding in 1985. Works in the collection are exhibited in downtown Ottawa at One Rideau Canal, circulated nationally and internationally through the travelling exhibitions program and lent to other institutions.
