Niagara Through A Lens

Community Photo Project

Submit your photo and be a part of a living portrait of our region over time — a mosaic of memories, landscapes, and stories that shape how we have collectively experienced and imagined Niagara - both yesterday and today.

About the Project

This living exploration of what it means to live in Niagara is looking for submissions from you! Your family, your life, your experience living in Niagara. We want to see Niagara through the lens of your camera, from the very beginning of the Welland Canal, to modern day.

This Community Photo Project is a part of the Niagara GeoClub Culture Crawl hosted at the Meridian Community Centre in Pelham, ON, on March 8, 2026. 

Developed, facilitated and hosted by The Brown Homestead, Niagara Through the Lens is a community place-making project that invites you to share one photograph that captures your relationship with Niagara.

Together, these photos create a living portrait of our region over time — a mosaic of memories, landscapes, and stories that shape how we have collectively experienced and imagined Niagara - both yesterday and today. Together, these photos will form a travelling exhibit and permanent archive celebrating the diverse people, places, and stories of our region.

Photo collection will take place in early 2026, and the temporary travelling exhibit display will be unveiled at Culture Crawl on March 8, 2026 before moving to The Brown Homestead for exhibition through to October 2026.

If you believe that any images submitted to the Niagara Through a Lens collection infringes upon your intellectual property rights or is causing you any concern, please contact us. Upon receipt of a valid notice, we will take appropriate action, which may include removing the content.

Jessica Linzel
Director of Research & Collections
(905) 328-1646
jlinzel@thebrownhomestead.ca

Submit Your Photo

Images must include the following in order to be considered eligible for submission. Please include as much accurate detail as possible to help us curate the most meaningful story of Niagara as “home” through your contribution. Please submit only one (1) image per person, or organization, for consideration.

  • The image must represent a place or event located in Niagara.

  • The image must be a copy of the original, and authorized for reproduction.

  • The image must be accompanied by a completed form with a detailed description of the subject and significance. Submissions with missing information will not be included in the project.

Each image will be collected and catalogued by The Brown Homestead using the information included in the accompanying submission form. Image submissions and associated information may be displayed publicly as part of the Niagara Through the Lens traveling exhibition as well as online as part of The Brown Homestead’s digital collections and may be included in future exhibits, programming, or research publications.

Please note that The Brown Homestead is limited to the number of images that can be included for display in the Travelling Exhibit associated with the Niagara Through The Lens project. For this reason, The Brown Homestead cannot guarantee that all submitted images will be selected for display. 

Submission deadline (to be eligible for inclusion in the traveling exhibit): February 16, 2026

Accessibility:

The Brown Homestead strives to make the submission process for Niagara Through the Lens as accessible as possible. Please contact us if you require assistance scanning or submitting your image and also completing the form. We can work one-on-one with Niagara residents to complete the submission process. Please contact us if you require assistance in completing this form and we will be pleased to help you.

Office hours: Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(905) 328-1646
jlinze@thebrownhomestead.ca