I was eight-years-old when I started to notice photography. To see time frozen changed my perspective. This was the late ’80s and it was the coolest thing I had seen because it was a representation of seeing the world. To capture a snippet of time. The beauty of a fleeting moment. The connections in life. My work is a testament to this.
Photography puts the world into perspective for me. It gives me a sense of adventure. And she has shown me the world—from Ghana, Brazil, Peru, Cambodia, Iceland, China, Cuba, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Ecuador, Chicago, Argentina, Kenya, crisscrossing North America, Egypt, Switzerland, Vietnam, Morocco, South Africa, and Turkey—and here at home in Toronto. I’ve worked with photography clients Apple, Red Bull, Gucci, Spotify, Lexus, Universal Music, Uber, Intrepid Travel, SickKids Hospital, the JUNO Awards, the Red Cross, and have been published/featured in Toronto Life, CBC, Vice, Applied Arts and Billboard magazine. My work has been featured in the Contact Photography Festival, Sound Image (2017, 2018, 2019), Love Actually Exhibition and won 2019’s Applied Art’s Photojournalism Award. 🙏
UPDATE: I’ve updated my photography portfolio on my new website: www.ryanbolton.ca. It sparkles. If you’d like to contact me, please do so here.
Venice Beach Boardwalk Summer
Wedding Photos at University of Toronto
Jess Facetiming with Mom at the Great Pyramids, Giza
Monica Portrait at Scarborough Bluffs
NYC Engagement 2018
Gooderham Building, Toronto’s Flatiron Building at Night
Some Kenyan Boys Getting the Photo
KYLE performing in Brooklyn, NYC.
Downtown SOHO, NYC
Late night at Pub Street, Siem Reap, Cambodia
View of Empire State in NYC
Arkells shot on iPhone X Portrait Mode – Ryan Bolton
Wedding Day in Distillery District, Toronto
Portrait of a Berber Nomad Girl
Toronto Streets Long Exposure
Wedding Day at Kortright Conservation, Summer 2018
Emily + Derek Wedding Day at The Great Hall, Toronto
Miles James. 19 Months.
Orphaned Elephants in Kenya
Crowd Shot at Boots & Hearts Festival 2017
Toronto Portrait at High Park
Max Kerman of the Arkells. Shot on iPhone X in Portrait Mode
Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
Driving through Iceland
Helena Grace in Toronto Studio
Wedding Party at Distillery District
Checking out the Sites in Luxor, Egypt
Aerial view of Boots & Hearts Camping Festival
Toronto Streets Long Exposure
School student in Maasai Mara.
Barn wedding. Toronto wedding. Professional wedding photography by Ryan Bolton.
Skaters in Venice Beach Skatepark, California
Hiking through Atlas Mountains of Morocco at night
First reveal of bride to bridal party, Gladstone Hotel
The Arkells 2017 JUNO Awards
Late nights in Istanbul.
Winter Walks at Old City Hall Toronto
Emily in Chinatown
School kids in Lesotho, Africa
A woman stirs her homemade beer in Lesotho, Africa
Toronto Skyline Long Exposure at Sundown
Pinterest Worthy Wedding Photography
Girl Riding Train in Sri Lanka
Intrepid Travel group at the Great Pryramids, Cairo, Egypt.
Cage the Elephant Festival Show
Inside Morocco’s Medina’s Hidden Corners
Sunset in Maasai Mara Kenya
Shawn Hook Portrait.
Toronto’s Eaton Centre Walkway at Night
Toronto CityPlace Photo from Bathurst Bridge
King Street Toronto streetcar
Downtown Old Havana, Cuba
LIGHTS. Shot on iPhone X in portrait mode.
Raptors NBA Champs Celebrations
Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon
Wedding Photos at Broadview Hotel, Toronto
Shot in Cuba. Naturally. All rights reserved, Ryan Bolton.
Ao Nang, Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
Seljalandsfoss Waterfall Iceland
Exploring Angkor Thom in Cambodia
Maasai Mama in Kenya.
Chance the Rapper, Los Angeles, California
BANKS performing at WayHome Festival
Long Exposure of Sunset in Maasai Mara, Kenya
Maasai Mama in Kenya
Shot in Luxor, Egypt.
Leah Pollock + Chris DePaul
Long exposure with streetcar on Queen Viaduct Bridge in Toronto
Neon Dreams in Chinatown
The Bathurst St. Bridge.
Gord Downie Secret Path Tour, ACC, Toronto
Wedding Vibes Queen Viaduct Bridge Toronto
Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum at Night
Barenaked Ladies Reunite at JUNOs 2018
Dundas Peak at Sunset with Model
Justin Bieber’s Favourite Waterfall, Seljalandsfoss Waterfall Iceland
Toronto’s skyline photo from Trillium Park
Reaching Machu Picchu Through the Clouds
The Obelisco de Buenos Aires. A quick walk from out hotel.
JUNO Awards 2017 in Ottawa
Maasai Celebration in Kenya.
The cabin from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty in Iceland
Tews Falls in Summer, Hamilton
Downtown Toronto From Dufferin Gate
South Africa’s beautiful Wild Coast Sunset
The Classic Hallgrímskirkja Church in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Toronto Skyline
The Dogu Express View in Turkey
The Milky Way Over African Skies in Kenya
Alvvays playing Field Trip Festival
A Monk at Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Boat Ride Through Phi Phi Islands in Thailand
Toronto Wedding at the ROM
Long Exposure on the Ocean in Sri Lanka
Camping in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
Gladstone Hotel Wedding Toronto
Honest Ed’s in Toronto Long Exposure
Inside Commerce Court on King in Toronto
The Quechua of Peru
Hidden waterfall in the middle of Cambodia
Wedding Moments. Wedding at Enoch Turner School House, 2019
Downtown SOHO, NYC
Rolling hills of Joshua Tree at Sunset
Areklls live at JUNO Awards 2018
Wedding Day Magic in Toronto
Maasai Celebration in Kenya. Photo by Ryan Bolton.
On safari in the Maasai Mara, Kenya
Nick Reynoldson Comedian Portrait
Fox Portrait in Toronto Studio
Long exposure of Milky Way in Wild Coast, South Africa
Toronto East End Wedding
School Kids in Ghana
Riding the Train in Sri Lanka
Perfect Summer Wedding Vibes
Walks along train tracks in Sri Lanka
Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Sunset in Kenya on Safari
Helena Grace in Toronto Studio
Long Exposure in Toronto
Marrakech’s Medina Hallway
Kendrick Lamar tearing up WayHome.
Cheeky Monkey at Lion Rock in Sri Lanka
The Great Wall, China, hiking
Toronto Skyline Night
Long Exposure of Ancient Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Jack and Jack Closing We Day Toronto 2018
Inside Morocco’s Medina with model
Toronto Skyline at Night Long Exposure
Inside Marrakech’s Medina
Hank in the Snow
Gogol Bordello at Mattyfest Toronto
The Balloons of Cappadocia, Turkey
Late nights in Istanbul.
The weather in Iceland changes constantly.
NYC Engagement 2018
Toronto Skyline at Dusk from Trillium Park
Classic Egypt, Today (2018)
Toronto Wedding at Gladstone Hotel, 2018
Toronto Winter Landscape, Polson Pier
Toronto’s magnificient skyline. Photo by Ryan Bolton.
Charles Bradley, Soul
Helena Grace. Toronto Studio.
Joshua Tree, California at Sunset
WayHome Hammocks
The famous Skógafoss Waterfall in Iceland in the pouring rain
Wedding Day at Hotel X Toronto
Wedding at Broadview Hotel Toronto
Toronto Wedding in Distillery District, Airship 37
Lily Portrait Downtown Toronto
Fox Shot in Studio in Toronto
Honest Eds Alley at Night
Rolling Stones Canada Day
Long Exposure in Toronto
CN Tower with Moody Clouds
Model Photo Shoot Downtown Toronto
Daniel Caesar at JUNOS 2018
The Quechua of Peru
Check out the Secret Path by Gord Downie. A moment.
Train Ride Through Sri Lanka
Toronto Flatiron The Gooderham Building
Japandroids tearing up Field Trip 2018
UPDATE: I’ve updated my photography portfolio on my new website: www.ryanbolton.ca. If you’d like to contact me, please do so here.
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