Vanessa Tignanelli

Vanessa Tignanelli is a visual artist, international documentary photographer, videographer and musician based in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. Her work has been recognized by the Royal Family, NPAC National Photographs of the Year Awards, and the InFocus Photo Award. She is a graduate of the studio art program at University of Guelph and the photojournalism program at Loyalist College. Her work has appeared in The Globe and Mail, Bloomberg, VICE, National Post, CBC, Toronto Star, Photographers Without Borders, PhotoEd Magazine, and more. Vanessa brings an expert eye to any film set, able to fill multiple roles due to a deeper understanding of storytelling from her years in the field. Combining her training in conceptual art, journalism and filmmaking gives her work a unique lens, always going beyond the typical snapshot to the more significant environmental portrait. As a freelance photojournalist, her work celebrates resiliency and individuality, looks for hope in tragedy, takes us to people living on the fringes of society and calls for us to be comfortable there.