Drawn from the University of Saskatchewan Art Collection, The Camera is an Instrument examines multiple methods, forms, and narratives employed by artists working in varied photographic media. Challenging the notion of the photograph as a document, these artists explore the intersectional relationships between image production, culture, history, architecture, geography, and political action, often derived from encounters with the everyday. Philosopher Susan Sontag posited that “Photographs have a use in giving us a mental picture of things, but they always hide more than they reveal.”¹ With overlapping themes found throughout the exhibition, the selections include works from the collection’s holdings of photographic series from artists such as Randy Burton, Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge, Brenda Pelkey, Frank Pimental, Jayce Salloum, and Douglas Walker.