Gary Franks (he/him) is taking an inventory of memories and experiences. He does this while rambling around Ottawa with his Polaroid X70, and expresses this desire for discovery by, "aiming to find images that seem out of time"

Gary Franks is an Ottawa-based photographer and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Ottawa. In 2019, Gary Franks won “Best Analog Photograph” at SPAO’s A+ Exhibition, was a finalist for the Figureworks Art Prize, and was the recipient of the Ottawa Art Council’s Project X Photography Fund. His polaroid work has been featured in several group exhibitions at the Ottawa Art Gallery’s Galerie Annexe, at the Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery, and was featured as part of the 2019 Expolaroid Festival in Montreal. Gary Franks’ solo exhibition of long-exposure portraits, Paralanguage, was presented by the Ottawa Arts Council in their Micaela Fitch gallery space.