In 2019, Ferrotype Collective joined with other members of the community to raise $300,000 to bring The Montgomery Collection of Caribbean Photographs to The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO).
This collection of more than 3,500 historical images come from 34 countries including Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad. This may be the world’s largest collections of such images. This incredible visual record contains studio portraits, landscapes and tourist views.
Bringing to life the changing economies, environments and communities that emerged following the abolishment of slavery, the Collection includes nearly every photographic format available during the years 1840 to 1940, including prints, postcards, daguerreotypes, lantern slides, albums, and stereographs.
The largest known collection outside the Caribbean, The Montgomery Collection of Caribbean Photographs now positions the AGO as a leader in Caribbean photographic research, and made its debut in an exhibition in 2021.
Read the official press release from the AGO HERE.