Tom Zsolt

Documentary and landscape photographer exploring rural and small-town life, traveling the backroads of North America. Zsolt's first book, Country Matters, was short listed the best Canadian book of photography in 1999. Subsequent works included Reluctant Subject: Canadian Portraits (2015) and soon to be released Backroads (2021).Tom Zsolt has been featured on CBC, and his work has appeared on the covers of novels and in magazines. His photography is collected by private individuals, corporations and institutions including Ryerson University, Georgina Centre for Art & Culture and Borealis Capital. The largest collection of his photography is housed and preserved at the Georgina Centre for Art & Culture in Sutton, Ontario.

Tom Zsolt first started in the darkroom at the age of 13, and bought his first camera at 15. In his 20's he moved from SLRs and rangefinders to medium format. He worked closely with Canadian master printer Jeremy Taylor in Toronto, who became his darkroom printer. His formal education was appropriately in chemistry, and he is a graduate Chemical Engineer from the Western University in Ontario.

Images of Home 2020 -
Georgina Centre for the Arts & Culture

Shadows and Clouds: Landscapes 2017, Group Exhibit of Paintings and Photographs
Buckingham Gallery of Fine Art, Uxbridge, Ontario

Reluctant Subject -Canadian Portraits 2015
Georgina Centre for the Arts & Culture

Beauty in Form
Toronto Festival of Photography, Contact 2011
The Dark Horse Gallery, Sunderland, Ontario

Canadian Cameras at Work 2009
Group Exhibition in Beijing, China
Organized by the Nexus Cultural Center, Montreal