Andrew Zimbel Photography

05/08/2026

Come see me at the gallery this Saturday! 🎨
I'll be at The Tasting Gallery at Daniel et Daniel, 250 Carlton Street, this Saturday, May 9th from 1:00 – 4:00 pm.
The gallery is only open when I'm there — so this is your chance to stop by. Come for the art, stay for the conversation. Whether you know me from photography, events, or somewhere in between — you're welcome.
Many paths, one practice. 🙏
My show runs until June 30th — just send me a message if Saturday doesn't work, and we'll find a time.

05/08/2026

Last night I almost didn’t show up.
photoED magazine was hosting a virtual talk on mindful photography by Canadian photographer Anna Wilson. I’ll be honest — it sounded a little airy-fairy to me. But I’ve been practising saying yes to things that make me uncomfortable, so I tuned in.
Somewhere in her talk, Anna described her practice — returning to the same places, looking down, noticing texture and light, the patterns water makes. And I recognized it. She was describing what I do every morning.
So this morning, in the rain, I went out anyway. And I wrote this to a friend:
“The rain falling gently on my hood reminds me of being in a tent after a storm. It is a beautiful sound. The path is deserted. The lawn mower army is on the golf course, swarming like ants to get the course ready for the white-haired men in funny-looking get-ups. The grass is so green, and the light green buds make the forest float like clouds.”
These photos — and a short video of raindrops — are what I came home with.
I’ve always called this “just taking pictures.” Anna gave it another name: a mindful practice. Intentional. Meditative.
If Anna’s work resonates with you, read her article at photoed.ca/post/mindful-photography, and consider supporting photoED magazine’s wonderful photography community at patreon.com/photoedmagazine.
Thank you Anna Wilson, and thank you photoED.
📷 iPhone. Rain. Attention.

05/07/2026

One of the real joys of managing George’s archive is how it keeps pulling me deeper into the world of photography — and out into it, too.
Tonight I went to the Spring/Summer Opening Reception at The Image Centre (IMC) at Toronto Metropolitan University, and it was a wonderful evening. Three remarkable exhibitions opened, and each one stopped me in my tracks for different reasons.
The survey show for Dawit L. Petros — winner of the 2025 Scotiabank Photography Award — was extraordinary. His Chromatic Cartographies series, tightly cropped photographs of the painted sides of buses traveling across West Africa, looks at first like pure abstraction. Bold color fields, sweeping curves, geometric forms. Then you realize you’re looking at maps of movement, of migration, of lives in transit. It’s a beautiful and genuinely original body of work.
Larry Fink’s Social Graces and Runway filled two galleries, and if you don’t know Fink’s work, this is the place to start. He photographed both Manhattan high society and a farming family in rural Pennsylvania — and somehow made both worlds feel equally theatrical, equally human. The darkroom notes on one of his working prints on display were alone worth the visit.
And Kenna Robinson’s cyanotype work, With My Whole Body, was something I hadn’t seen before — fabric cyanotypes sculpted into three-dimensional forms, the artist both subject and maker. Quiet, powerful, and completely original.
I also ran into some wonderful people. I caught up with Cindee Karnick, whose father Ike Karnick’s show The Spirit, The People, The Land — sixty years of documentary work in Portugal and the Azores — is still up at The Peach Gallery. Well worth seeing if you haven’t.
And I met two new people who I suspect I’ll stay in touch with — James Fowler, artist and curator, and Peter Sramek, a photographer who also makes handbound books and runs workshops at Shibagau Creek Forest Farmstead, a nature retreat in Tamworth, Ontario. The kind of person who reminds you that photography and craft and community all belong together.
The IMC is free, it’s open to the public, and it runs through August 1. If you’re in Toronto this summer, go.
🖼️ Signed lifetime prints by George Zimbel are available through the George Zimbel Photography Archive, and through our partner galleries: Stephen Bulger Gallery (Toronto), Fahey/Klein Gallery (Los Angeles), Catherine Couturier Gallery (Houston), and A Gallery for Fine Photography (New Orleans).

05/03/2026

New York has always had a pull on our family. George first arrived in the city as a young man from Boston, heading to Columbia University — and he photographed New York Harbour, 1949, on his way in. That same energy, that sense of arrival and possibility, is what draws photographers to New York every year for AIPAD.
This week, APAG.us — the American Photography Archives Group — brought AIPAD right to us, taking their monthly Zoom meeting live from the floor of the show at the Park Avenue Armory. I couldn't be there in person this year, so it meant the world.
Mary Engel and Julie Grahame walked us through the booths — we saw Elliott Landy and his remarkable new books, and met Dorothy Davis, who is championing the extraordinary archive of her father Griffith J. Davis — a pioneering African American photographer, one of the first Black officers in the U.S. Foreign Service, and one of the best photojournalists of his generation. His work is currently being exhibited in Lagos, Nigeria, and Dorothy mentioned a show coming to Los Angeles soon. Follow their work at griffdavis.com and on Instagram.
We also visited the Catherine Couturier Gallery, the Munns Archive, and Duncan Miller Gallery. The Stephen Bulger Gallery booth looked stunning too, even if we didn't quite get there.
It's such a gift to have a community that brings the world to you. Hoping to be in that room in person next year. 📷
P.S. — I recently acquired this framed 16" × 20" print of New York Harbour, 1949 from auction for my personal collection, and I'm making it available. DM if you're interested.

04/11/2026

Andrew Zimbel: Collected Works 2022–2026 is now on view at The Tasting Gallery, Daniel et Daniel — 250 Carlton Street, Toronto.

Andrew will be present this Saturday and Sunday, April 11–12, from 10am to 4pm. The exhibition continues weekends through May 3rd. Free admission.

This exhibition brings together four years of photographic work — images made with an iPhone and transformed in the digital darkroom, where the ordinary becomes something more. Original prints are available for purchase, and private viewings can be arranged by appointment.

📍 250 Carlton Street, Toronto ON M5A 2L1
🕙 Saturdays & Sundays, 10am–4pm through May 3rd
🔗 andrewzimbelphotography.ca

09/20/2025

🌊✨ New Work ✨🌊

Most of my energy lately has gone into my father’s archive and photography. It’s been rewarding, but it also made me realize I haven’t shared much of my own work. A good friend and muse, Dimitri from Image Foundry, asked if I was doing anything new — and it reminded me of images I took this summer while sailing the coast of BC.

Out on the water, I watched how it reflected the sky, the light, the buildings, and the sailboats. The water was doing what I often try to do with Photoshop — creating something unexpected. That sparked the idea to shape these reflections into imagined landscapes.

Here are three of the results:

📸 Blue Sheds, Sydney
📸 Green Water and Sunlight, BC
📸 Marina Sky Reflections, BC

I haven’t printed these yet, but if you’re interested, send me a message and I can make that happen.

If you’d like to see what continues to inspire me, I invite you to follow along with my father’s work here:

—
Andrew Zimbel

07/06/2025

📍 Image Centre, TMU
This piece began with a photo I took on my way to see Something Old, Something New: The Wedding Photography Collection at The Image Centre. The exhibition was curated by TMU graduate students Samuel Gratton, Elaine Jones, Rebecca Tenaglia, and Harmony Trowbridge, with support from Gaëlle Morel.

The reflecting pond—part of Toronto Metropolitan University’s skating rink—had been drained. It looked bleak and empty, scattered with trash. But a shallow puddle remained, and in it, the sky was perfectly reflected. I took the photo with intention, drawn to the contrast between the beauty of the reflection and the desolation of the scene.

Later, in the studio, I began working with the image. By repeating and transforming it, I uncovered patterns, symmetry, and texture that weren’t visible at first. What emerged is a mirrored composition that reveals how, when we look past the ordinary, we can find the extraordinary.

The show I was heading to explored a similar idea. The photographs weren’t conventional masterpieces, but the way Stephen Bulger and Catherine Lash collected and arranged them gave the exhibition its depth—quirky, thoughtful, and full of feeling. It reminded me that collecting itself can be a form of creative expression.

📷 This post includes both the original photo and a mockup of how the final piece could look in a room. I think it’s the kind of image that invites a pause. It draws your attention just enough to let your thoughts wander—something that can open up your creative spirit.

That’s why we hang photographs in our homes: not just to decorate a wall, but to bring something into our space that makes us feel.

This piece is available for purchase—framed or unframed—and will be part of my exhibit at:

🎪 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF 64)
📍 Booth 324, Section C – Nathan Phillips Square
📅 July 11–13, 2025
🕙 Fri & Sat: 10 AM–7 PM | Sun: 10 AM–5 PM

If you’ve ever thought about collecting art, I’d love to talk. I’m an emerging artist—even if I’m not new to life—and my work is priced to be accessible. There’s something meaningful about choosing a piece that speaks to you and living with it.

07/05/2025

📍 Red Stairs
This image began while I was working in my other profession at Event Whisperer. I sat down for a moment on a set of red-carpeted stairs and accidentally snapped a photo. Later, when I found it, I was struck by the way the light and colour seemed to radiate outward.

Back in the studio, I started transforming it—duplicating the image again and again until something more intentional emerged. The final piece has a strong visual pull. It’s bold, layered, and meditative—an image that asks you to pause and take it in.

I’m honoured that Curator Jesse King selected Red Stairs for Ethereal Forms, a feature exhibition at TOAF 64. The collection explores lightness, shape, and the unseen—an invitation to reflect on the in-between spaces in life and art.

📷 This post includes the original accidental image and a room mock-up to give you a sense of how the final piece might look on your wall. It’s the kind of image that gives your mind space to wander—something I think a lot of us need more of in our everyday environments. That’s what art can do: offer stillness, focus, or inspiration, depending on how you meet it.

Red Stairs is available for purchase in a variety of sizes, framed or unframed. You can see it in person at:

🎪 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF 64)
🖼️ My Booth: 324, Zone C
✨ Also featured in Ethereal Forms: Booths 513–514, Zone E
📅 July 11–13, 2025
🕙 Fri & Sat: 10 AM–7 PM | Sun: 10 AM–5 PM
📍 Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto

If you’ve ever thought about collecting art, I’d love to chat. My work is priced to be accessible, and there’s a special kind of joy in bringing a piece into your home that quietly speaks to you.

01/28/2025

I'm excited to announce that tomorrow, Wednesday, January 29, at 1:30 PM EST, I'll be presenting "The Night I Shot Marilyn Monroe" through the University of Vermont's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (UVM OLLI). In this online session, I'll share rare insights into my father, George Zimbel's, iconic photography session with Marilyn Monroe during the filming of "The Seven Year Itch." This is only the second time the entire collection will be shown, offering a unique exploration of the intersection of photography, celebrity, and history.

UVM OLLI offers affordable, enriching education for adults aged 50 and over.
UVM CONTINUING EDUCATION

To participate, there's a $15 USD fee for this session. Once you become a member, you can access a variety of other courses offered by UVM OLLI.
UVM CONTINUING EDUCATION

For more details and to register, please visit: UVM OLLI - The Night I Shot Marilyn Monroe

Looking forward to sharing this special event with you!

📸 A Rare Glimpse Behind the Lens of History

Step back in time to one of Hollywood’s most iconic moments with Andrew Zimbel, son of renowned photographer George Zimbel.

✨ The Night I Shot Marilyn Monroe
🗓️ When: Wednesday, January 29, 1:30–2:30 PM
💻 Where: Online Event

Join Andrew as he presents his father’s unforgettable photography session with Marilyn Monroe, captured on the set of The Seven Year Itch. Discover the artistry, spontaneity, and history behind these iconic images—including rare, never-before-seen outtakes.

🌟 What You’ll Experience:

- A showcase of George Zimbel’s celebrated and rare photographs.
- An exclusive short documentary with behind-the-scenes insights.
- A unique exploration of the intersection of photography, celebrity, and history.

This is only the second time the entire collection will be shown—don’t miss this incredible opportunity!

🔗 Reserve your spot today: https://learn.uvm.edu/osher-lifelong-learning/olli-on-campus-courses/

📢 Tag a friend who loves photography, Hollywood, or Marilyn Monroe’s enduring legacy. Let’s celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime event together!

10/05/2024

Here are the details for tonight’s Barns Art Market at Wychwood Barns as part of Nuit Blanche: • I’ll be at booth 12 with my photography, including the work I presented at the Fair. • The market is open from 7 PM to 11 PM, featuring over 30 artists, a bar, and other fun activations. • It’s going to be a great evening filled with art, creativity, and community. I’d love for you to join me!Thanks to and for organizing this event. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!