Phoenix Kanada is an American photographer & writer who is heavily influenced by the histories & landscapes of Northern California, where he was born & raised. He writes a newsletter titled foto-notes: photography, writing, & the creative process. // contact: kanadaphoenix@gmail.com

EXHIBITIONS

Past & Present by Der Greif at Pinakothek der Moderne and ZIRKA, Munich DE, 2023 (group)

Waiting for the Rain book release at Timeless Thrills Gallery, 2023 (solo)

Shades of Gray at Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2022 (group)

Aging as Art: Council on Aging in Southern California, 2022 (group)

The Print Swap Show at CLAMP, NYC, 2022 (group)

Viewpoint at the Crocker at Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 2021 (group)

TWELVE: Closer Encounters at Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, Sacramento, CA, 2019 (group)

The Latent Image at Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2019 (group)

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FEATURED/PUBLISHED IN

Digital Camera World: 10 photographers you should be following on Substack, 2025

FlakPhoto Digest: substack feature, 2025

Photo Book Cafe Archive: Waiting for the Rain, 2024

Booooooom: Fav Photos Found in 2023: 75 Photos by 75 Photographers, 2023

The Art of Photography: Waiting for the Rain review, 2023

Another Earth: What Makes a Lake? Tracing Movement book, 2023

LensCulture: Critics’ Choice 2023 Editors’ Picks, 2023

Coffee People: Issue 20, 2023

Booooooom: Waiting for the Rain feature, 2023

Nowhere Diary: Waiting for the Rain, 2022

Hamburger Eyes: No. 53, 2022

Black & White Magazine: Issue No. 154 Merit Award Winner, 2022

Black Flower Publishing: Spring Volume I: The Promise of Spring book, 2022

F-Stop Magazine: Issue —Landscape 2021 Group Exhibition, 2021

Timeless Thrills: Editorial, 2017-present

Waste of Film: 13, 2017