Sarah Bassnett

Sarah Bassnett is a Professor of art history at Western University, where she specializes in the history of photography and photo-based contemporary art. Her research focuses on the intersections of photography and social change, especially as it relates to issues of power and resistance. Her award-winning book, Picturing Toronto: Photography and the Making of a Modern City (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016), examines photography’s role in the liberal reform of early twentieth-century Toronto. Her research has been published in numerous academic journals including History of Photography, Photography & Culture, photographies, and Panorama. Her current SSHRC-funded project investigates how stories of forced migration are told through photography.