Photographer · Speaker · Creative Connector

I Show Toronto, and the People Who Make It, in Their Best Light

Bold visual stories for the brands and creatives shaping this city.

I'm Kimberly Simmons, a Toronto photographer, speaker and the creator of the Medusa Project. I create campaigns and community stories for local businesses, artists and designers who want to be seen for the passion behind their work.

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My biggest project right now

TheMedusa Project

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"Changing the narrative of women's stories, and the histories that we do not know."Kimberly Simmons, creator

Strong Women History is my ongoing project exploring the women of history we don't know, through photo and video, introducing a new woman of history each time. Medusa is the first. It's the first stage of showing how our history should be told: not how the patriarchal shows it, but how the matriarchal sees it.

"We have to listen to ourselves, and we have to learn the history as it was, not as someone said."

It's also built to lift up local businesses. Toronto creatives get a real chance to be part of the work and be seen for it:

Fashion designers
Makeup artists
Hair stylists
Every creative in between

June 2026Series 1 photo and video shoot
NowWriting and editing Medusa

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Kimberly speaking with a microphone at Next Level You

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Kimberly laughing mid-talk with the microphone

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I speak at

Keynotes
Panels
Workshops
Podcasts
Photowalks

Speaking

Every Story Is Worth Telling

I picked up a camera as a busy mom with a smartphone in Auto mode. Ten years later, my work is published and on gallery walls. I help audiences see that it's never too late to start, and that their own story is worth telling.

I've shared my story on stage at Next Level You. I speak about women's untold histories, building a creative practice as a mom, and how local creatives grow stronger together.

Changing the Narrative

Women's stories and the histories we don't know, through the lens of the Medusa Project.

Audiences leave with a fresh way to see the women in their own history, and the courage to tell those stories out loud.

From Auto Mode to Gallery Walls

How one workshop to photograph my son in 2016 grew into published work, gallery shows and a creative business.

Audiences leave with permission to start where they are, and practical first steps to build a creative practice around a busy life.

Connect to Grow

How creatives and local businesses lift each other up, and how to build opportunities that pay off for the whole community.

Audiences leave with simple ways to turn their community into collaborators, and one partnership they can start this month.

Best for

Women's networks
Creative communities
Mom entrepreneurs
Community & cultural organizations

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Also in the works

The Odyssey Project

Where artists break free. Where truth is seen. Where stories unfold.

A story told across the city, built with other Toronto creatives. I'm looking for brands and collaborators who want to go beyond the usual shoot.

Collaborate on Odyssey

Kimberly and her son painting a colourful mural together at the Bentway

About Kimberly

A Love Letter to My City

It started with a workshop on how to photograph my child. It turned into a love letter to my city.

In 2016, I signed up for a workshop to learn how to capture my son. I started on my smartphone in Auto mode, then moved to Pro, then to mirrorless and film. My community kept challenging me, and I kept saying yes.

Today I photograph fashion and architecture, and document the moments, streets and style of Toronto. My work has been published by four local Business Improvement Areas and shown in galleries here and abroad. I've photographed festivals, mural reveals and neighbourhood events, and saved whole neighbourhoods in frame along the way.

I'm a mom first, and that shapes how I work. I see the creative community and the mom community as one big network, and I love connecting people so their projects and businesses can grow together.

2016Behind the lens since

4Toronto BIAs have published my work

6Gallery exhibitions, here and abroad

My work

Through My Lens

A few favourites from my portfolio: the city, the style and the people I've photographed.

Fashion portrait of a man in a leather jacket and sunglasses — Fashion

Historic red-brick corner building in downtown Toronto — Architecture

A lone figure seated against a vast brick wall — Street

A woman with a camera posing in Graffiti Alley — Creative collaboration

Wooden letters of a Winter Stations art installation on the beach — Public art · Winter Stations

Blue-lit skull face paint portrait — Concept shoot

See More of My Work

Kimberly in an orange sweater holding her camera

What I Create

Every Project Starts With Passion

What's the passion behind this, and how do we make people feel it? I'll play with different versions of one idea, mixing photos, video and written stories, until your work is shown in its best light.

Artistic Campaigns

Visual campaigns for local and international businesses ready to go beyond the usual. We build a concept together, then I bring it to life so your ideal clients notice you for the right reasons.

Creative Collaborations

Shoots for Toronto artists and fashion designers who want to make their mark. Your work, set in the city that inspires it.

Community Storytelling

Neighbourhood features, festivals, mural reveals and public art. I've documented events for Business Improvement Areas across the city, and I love showing local spots at their best.

Photowalks

Guided walks that show you a side of Toronto you've never noticed. We wander, shoot, swap ideas, and finish at a favourite little coffee shop. Book a private walk for your team or community.

Ways to work together

Concept Shoot

One standout campaign built around a bold idea, from planning to final images.

Story Series

Photos, short video and written stories released over time, so your audience keeps coming back.

Work With Me

Behind the lens

In the Field With Creatives

On set with models, side by side with fellow creatives, and out in the city with my community.

On set with models

With fellow creatives

Kimberly photographing a model in a blue gown — GlowUp Moms campaign

Era x Dotty shoot

Kimberly shooting from above as three models lie on the floor — Directing the shot

Kimberly with friends in front of the This Was Ontario Place photo wall — This WAS Ontario Place

Large community group photo outside a storefront on Rogers Road — Out with the community

My prints on the wall

Work With Me

Published & Exhibited

Seen Around the City

Published by

Bloordale BIA
Bloorcourt BIA
Oakwood Village BIA
Queen St West BIA

Events photographed

OSSFest
Pumpkin Giveaways
Mural Art Reveals
Public art documentation

Exhibited at

Gallery 1313
Northern Contemporary
Worth Gallery
Part Crowd Gallery (online)
A Day in the Life of Covid (online)
Trieste Photo Days

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Everything You Need to Introduce Me

Short bio

Kimberly Simmons is a Toronto photographer, speaker and creative connector, and the creator of the Medusa Project, the first stage of her Strong Women History project, which is changing the narrative of women's stories and the histories we don't know. Since picking up a camera in 2016 to photograph her son, she has been published by four Toronto Business Improvement Areas, exhibited at galleries including Gallery 1313, Northern Contemporary and Trieste Photo Days, and photographed fashion, architecture and community events across the city. She connects local creatives and businesses with opportunities that help them grow.

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