The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto

Exhibits at the CONTACT Photography Festival in Toronto

Visit this site-specific public installation from Winnipeg photographer Sarah Anne Johnson and you’ll be whisked away to an island paradise without leaving the downtown core. Best Beach, a large-scale 37 x 144-foot mural, is a photographic composite mounted on a block-long building at the bottom of Bay Street. The tranquil scene of Toronto Island’s south shore evokes a natural beauty among the grey concrete landscape that surrounds it. If you’d like to hear from Johnson herself, catch her at the Drake Hotel for an artist talk on May 3.