05/19/2026
Gone in a FLASH
Leif Norman is a photographer interested in making art, learning, teaching, and photographic history, who wanted a local festival that could hold and celebrate all those things. Inspired by Toronto’s CONTACT Photography Festival and remembering Winnipeg’s short-lived Lightyear festival of the 1990s, he founded FLASH Photographic Festival in 2014, starting small as essentially a one-person operation and growing it into an important celebration of photography in Winnipeg.
To revisit Leif’s recent interview and learn more about the story behind FLASH, visit https://www.flashfest.net/