Stephen Bulger (born Toronto, 1964) engaged in photography as a hobby throughout his youth. Eventually studying at Ryerson School of Image Arts, he became interested in the history of photography and began organizing exhibitions. He was asked to be the founding director of the Ryerson Gallery where he sat on the exhibition review committee and managed over thirty exhibitions. After graduating from Ryerson in 1991, he worked in the photography department of the Ontario College of Arts and Design (OCAD) and began working on the idea of opening a gallery of his own. While employed as a Technician at the Ontario College of Art and Design, he opened the Stephen Bulger Gallery on March 23, 1995. Since that time he as curated over 130 exhibitions; been the representative for numerous Canadian and international photographers; published catalogues and books; participated in many North American and European art fairs; and is President of the Board for the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD), Washington, D.C. He is also a co-founder of CONTACT (Toronto Photography Festival).