Aaron Ferguson is an Ottawa-based photographer and scanographer living with colour blindness (colour vision deficiency) and type 1 diabetes. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of New Brunswick and a Certificate in Photography Techniques from Algonquin College.
Through minimalist still life imagery, portraiture and street photography, his work resists the conformity of popular media platforms to challenge ideas of perception and visual representation. Employing an analytic and methodical approach, his artistic practice seeks to redirect our thought processes that are often subconsciously manipulated by external forces, with a focus on dismantling the hegemony of media influence on our daily lives.
Ferguson’s work has been exhibited three times as part of the annual juried SPAO A+ Exhibition (2018, 2020-2021). In 2018, his image “That Empty Feeling” won the People’s Choice Award.
Limited-edition prints and NFTs (non-fungible tokens) of his work are part of many private collections around the world. In March of 2021, Aaron became one of the first scanography artists in the world to sell NFTs. Collectors of his artwork include artists Fernando Gallegos and Alejandro Cartagena, and American entrepreneur Mark Cuban.
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