Ron Planche surveys six decades of photography in Niagara-on-the-Lake retrospective
Ron Planche, In a Large Landscape, archival print on canvas.
Photo credit: Ron Planche / Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre
More than 60 years of Ron Planche’s photography are on view at the Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, where 60 Years in a Large Landscape opened Oct. 7, 2026 and runs through Oct. 29, 2026.
The exhibition, installed in the Pumphouse’s Hummel Family Room, draws together work from across Planche’s career with a strong emphasis on black-and-white photography. The arts centre describes the retrospective as a survey of natural environments, cities and communities, with particular attention to the marks people leave on the places around them.
Planche is based in Niagara Falls. His public photography profile says his background includes photojournalism as well as study in political history and art history, and it identifies large landscape and architectural photography as the main focus of his current practice. The same material describes human impact on the environment as a recurring concern in his work and black and white as a preferred medium.
That concern provides the clearest thread through 60 Years in a Large Landscape. The Pumphouse frames the exhibition around the relationship between people and place across both built and natural settings. The six-decade span gives the show a broad historical range while keeping that subject consistent.
Visitors can also meet Planche at an opening reception on Oct. 15, 2026 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Pumphouse. Tourism Niagara-on-the-Lake lists admission to the exhibition as free. The arts centre is at 247 Ricardo St. in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
