Grant began working as a photojournalist in 1951. During his long and prolific career as a freelancer, he photographed many key moments in twentieth-century history and was one of the first Canadian news photographers to use 35mm film. His best-known photographic series were often focused on medicine and sports, including a ten-year project on Dr. William Osler and coverage of numerous Olympic Games. As his career progressed, his photography was increasingly shown and collected in an art context, and his hundreds of thousands of images are held in the National Gallery of Canada and Library and Archives Canada.

Image: Ted Grant, Civil Rights March, Ottawa, 1965, printed 1995, gelatin silver print, 50.8 x 40.4 cm; image: 49.7 x 32.3 cm, CMCP Collection, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.

For further reading, see:

Grant, Ted. Doctor’s Work: The Legacy of Sir William Osler. Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, 2003.

Kunard, Andrea, and Carol Payne. “Ted Grant: The Storyteller.” National Gallery of Canada Magazine, August 6, 2020. www.gallery.ca/magazine/in-the-spotlight/ted-grant-the-storyteller.