Ryan Enn Hughes is a Toronto based filmmaker and photographer working in the fine art, editorial and commercial worlds. Ryan’s motion work is promoted commercially by Westside Studio. His clients have included The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, TD Bank Financial Group, The Canadian Armed Forces, The New York Times, The Globe and Mail and Ryerson University. Ryan’s work has been recognized and awarded by a diverse set of organizations, including The New York Times Photography Prize through Barnstorm XXI, Grand Prize Winner of The Show Your Ontario Photography Contest through The Magenta Foundation, Digital Pix Competition Multimedia Winner through PDN Magazine, and most recently a Chalmers Arts Fellowship through The Ontario Arts Council.
Of this series, ‘The Roughriders’, he writes, ‘In late November 2009 I traveled to Calgary to work on a special project for The Canadian Football League. The project was to shoot portraits of fans just prior to the start of the 97th Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium. The CFL has a die-hard fan base, especially in Western Canada and I ended up photographing over 200 fans. The Saskatchewan Roughriders had the biggest draw by far, and so became the focus within the series when I made a personal edit. The project was accepted into this year’s Flash Forward Festival – included in it’s annual book, and five images were installed in seven-foot high windows as part of an art installation. I’ll be heading to Edmonton this year for the 98th Grey Cup to repeat the concept’.
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