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, Spotify, Lexus, Universal Music, Uber, Intrepid Travel, Me to We & WE Charity, 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: It’s 2020, and I’ve updated my photography portfolio on my new website: www.ryanbolton.ca. Yay. If you’d like to contact me, please do so here. Cheers!
Toronto Skyline Long Exposure at Sundown
Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Toronto Streets Long Exposure
Hiking through Atlas Mountains of Morocco at night
Long Exposure in Toronto
Toronto Skyline at Night Long Exposure
Late nights in Istanbul.
Downtown Toronto From Dufferin Gate
Check out the Secret Path by Gord Downie. A moment.
The Milky Way Over African Skies in Kenya
Longboats at Maya Beach in Thailand. Beautiful place.
BANKS performing at WayHome Festival
Wedding Day at Kortright Conservation, Summer 2018
Perfect Summer Wedding Vibes
School kids in Lesotho, Africa
Japandroids tearing up Field Trip 2018
Toronto East End Wedding
Max Kerman of the Arkells. Shot on iPhone X in Portrait Mode
The cabin from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty in Iceland
Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
First reveal of bride to bridal party, Gladstone Hotel
Emily in Chinatown
NYC Engagement 2018
A Monk at Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Arkells shot on iPhone X Portrait Mode – Ryan Bolton
Shot in Cuba. Naturally. All rights reserved, Ryan Bolton.
Angkor Wat in Cambodia at Sunrise.
The Quechua of Peru
Train Ride Through Sri Lanka
The weather in Iceland changes constantly.
Reaching Machu Picchu Through the Clouds
Wedding Party at Distillery District
Late nights in Istanbul.
Shot in Luxor, Egypt.
Orphaned Elephants in Kenya
Dundas Peak at Sunset with Model
Helena Grace in Toronto Studio
A woman stirs her homemade beer in Lesotho, Africa
Wedding Day Magic in Toronto
Raptors NBA Champs Celebrations
Toronto Flatiron The Gooderham Building
Shawn Hook Portrait.
Downtown SOHO, NYC
Gooderham Building, Toronto’s Flatiron Building at Night
Long Exposure on the Ocean in Sri Lanka
Fox Shot in Studio in Toronto
Justin Bieber’s Favourite Waterfall, Seljalandsfoss Waterfall Iceland
Toronto Wedding at the ROM
Boat Ride Through Phi Phi Islands in Thailand
Maasai Celebration in Kenya. Photo by Ryan Bolton.
Kendrick Lamar tearing up WayHome.
Pinterest Worthy Wedding Photography
Toronto Skyline at Dusk from Trillium Park
Charles Bradley, Soul
The Obelisco de Buenos Aires. A quick walk from out hotel.
Girl Riding Train in Sri Lanka
Sunset in Maasai Mara Kenya
Wedding Day in Distillery District, Toronto
Maasai Celebration in Kenya. Photo by Ryan Bolton.
Barn wedding. Toronto wedding. Professional wedding photography by Ryan Bolton.
Rolling hills of Joshua Tree at Sunset
Aerial view of Boots & Hearts Camping Festival
Toronto’s Eaton Centre Walkway at Night
Some Kenyan Boys Getting the Photo
Honest Eds Alley at Night
Helena Grace. Toronto Studio.
Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum at Night
The Bathurst St. Bridge.
King Street Toronto streetcar
Gord Downie Secret Path Tour
Massai Warrior Wilson in Kenya
Miles James. 19 Months.
On safari in the Maasai Mara, Kenya
Driving through Iceland
Barenaked Ladies Reunite at JUNOs 2018
Walks along train tracks in Sri Lanka
NYC Engagement 2018
Toronto Streets Long Exposure
The Arkells 2017 JUNO Awards
LIGHTS. Shot on iPhone X in portrait mode.
Wedding at Broadview Hotel Toronto
Honest Ed’s in Toronto Long Exposure
Portrait of a Berber Nomad Girl
Emily + Derek Wedding Day at The Great Hall, Toronto
The Great Wall, China, hiking
Long Exposure of Ancient Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Helena Grace in Toronto Studio
Chance the Rapper at We Day California
Wedding Photos at Broadview Hotel, Toronto
Tews Falls in Summer, Hamilton
Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
Cheeky Monkey at Lion Rock in Sri Lanka
The Classic Hallgrímskirkja Church in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Toronto Wedding at Gladstone Hotel, 2018
Toronto Skyline
Demi Lovato with WE Charity in Kenya
Rolling Stones Canada Day
Wedding Day at Hotel X Toronto
Checking out the Sites in Luxor, Egypt
Reaching Machu Picchu Through the Clouds
Camping in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
Leah Pollock + Chris DePaul
Jess Facetiming with Mom at the Great Pyramids, Giza
Downtown Old Havana, Cuba
KYLE performing at We Day UN, Brooklyn.
Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon
Maasai Mama in Kenya Portrait
Model Photo Shoot Downtown Toronto
Long Exposure in Toronto
Ao Nang, Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
Monica Portrait at Scarborough Bluffs
Downtown SOHO, NYC
Long exposure of Milky Way in Wild Coast, South Africa
Long Exposure of Sunset in Maasai Mara, Kenya
Inside Marrakech’s Medina
WayHome Hammocks
CN Tower with Moody Clouds
View of Empire State in NYC
Neon Dreams in Chinatown
Maasai Mama in Kenya with Me to We. Ryan Bolton Photo.
Demi Lovato in Kenya by Ryan Bolton
Toronto Winter Landscape, Polson Pier
Gogol Bordello at Mattyfest Toronto
Jenna Ortega and school kids in Kenya
Raptors NBA Champs Celebrations
Famous Blue Train in Sri Lanka
Joshua Tree, California at Sunset
Gladstone Hotel Wedding Toronto
School kid in Maasai Mara with WE Charity
Toronto Sign at Nathan Phillips at Night
Riding the Train in Sri Lanka
Wedding Moments. Wedding at Enoch Turner School House, 2019
Crowd Shot at Boots & Hearts Festival 2017
Venice Beach Boardwalk Summer
South Africa’s beautiful Wild Coast Sunset
Portrait in Rural Morocco
School Kids in Ghana
Cage the Elephant Festival Show
Wedding Photos at University of Toronto
Winter Walks at Old City Hall Toronto
Skaters in Venice Beach Skatepark, California
Lily Portrait Downtown Toronto
Classic Egypt, Today (2018)
Long exposure with streetcar on Queen Viaduct Bridge in Toronto
Wedding Vibes Queen Viaduct Bridge Toronto
Toronto Wedding in Distillery District, Airship 37
Toronto’s magnificient skyline. Photo by Ryan Bolton.
Alvvays playing Field Trip Festival
Toronto Portrait at High Park
Hidden waterfall in the middle of Cambodia
Late night at Pub Street, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Inside Commerce Court on King in Toronto
Hank in the Snow
Fox Portrait in Toronto Studio
Sunset in Kenya on Safari
Toronto’s skyline photo from Trillium Park
Seljalandsfoss Waterfall Iceland
Areklls live at JUNO Awards 2018
Toronto CityPlace Photo from Bathurst Bridge
Jack and Jack Closing We Day Toronto 2018
Exploring Angkor Thom in Cambodia
The Quechua of Peru
The Balloons of Cappadocia, Turkey
JUNO Awards 2017 in Ottawa
Toronto Skyline Night
The Dogu Express View in Turkey
Inside Morocco’s Medina’s Hidden Corners
The famous Skógafoss Waterfall in Iceland in the pouring rain
Marrakech’s Medina Hallway
Nick Reynoldson Comedian Portrait
Daniel Caesar at JUNOS 2018
Inside Morocco’s Medina with model
Maasai Mama in Kenya
UPDATE: It’s 2020, and I’ve updated my photography portfolio on my new website: www.ryanbolton.ca. Yay. If you’d like to contact me, please do so here. Cheers!
Well, Ryan, once again your photos knock me sideways. What an eye you have, what amazing places you have seen! Ly and I just checked them out together (quite proud to see our hammock in the midst … ha)
xoxoxox
Your photography is stunning! I wanted to comment on the post about your dog (but there was no place to) Your dog is super adorable!
Hi there! LOVE your photo of the Manhattan Bridge (here https://ryan-bolton.com/2012/08/21/new-york-city-via-instagram/manhattan-bridge-nyc/) and was wondering if you’d mind me posting this on Twitter – with your permission and credited of course – via Hooroo’s (an aussie travel company that I work for) account? Let me know here or you can email me at alana@hooroo.com for more details – love your work! 🙂
Hey Alana — yeah, for sure. Sounds good to me.
R.
Looove your photos! So inspiring!
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I am usually a person of a ton of words, but can only think of one that sums up your photos. STUNNING! And if I was to think of another one word description….DEEP!
Thank you for the kind words. I enjoy both of your descriptive words!
You do beautiful work.
Nice photos…great!
You take such wonderful photos.
Thank you for that!
Hi Ryan, great pics! I love the diverse range of your subjects. Thanks for sharing.
Get your ass higher in Quito – Take that teleferico up to 4500 metres, or better yet, climb cotopaxi.
loooovvvee you
-luc
Amazing work! I’m going to follow your blog.
Thanks, man!
Amazing photography! You have an eye for beauty.
These are all perfect!!
You rock.
Wow!! These are amazing! Keep clicking 😊
THANK YOU! Not planning on slowing down. Cheers!
Wow!! Love your photos and Love your “why”!! Thanks for sharing this is inspiring!
It’s all about the why. Why we do what we do. Thanks Stacie!
Lovely!