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2019 Polaris Music Prize: see incredible portraits of Pup, Jessie Reyez and more

Photographer Vanessa Heins was at the gala, capturing photos of this year's nominees.

Photographer Vanessa Heins was at the gala, capturing photos of this year's nominees

(Vanessa Heins/CBC)

The 2019 Polaris Music Prize gala took place on Monday night, culminating with the announcement of this year's winner, Haviah Mighty.

Throughout the evening, CBC Music set up an official portrait studio at Toronto's Carlu where photographer Vanessa Heins took photos of this year's nominees as well as other guests in attendance. Check out all the photos below.

For more Polaris coverage, including videos of all of this year's performances, head over to cbcmusic.ca/polaris.


Pup

(Vanessa Heins/CBC)

Shad

(Vanessa Heins/CBC)

Haviah Mighty

(Vanessa Heins/CBC)

Marie Davidson

(Vanessa Heins/CBC)

Snotty Nose Rez Kids

(Vanessa Heins/CBC)

Elisapie

(Vanessa Heins/CBC)

Jessie Reyez

(Vanessa Heins/CBC)

Dominique Fils-Aime

(Vanessa Heins/CBC)

Fet.Nat

(Vanessa Heins/CBC)

Les Louanges

(Vanessa Heins/CBC)

2018 Polaris winner Jeremy Dutcher

(Vanessa Heins/CBC)

Polaris gala host Raina Douris

(Vanessa Heins/CBC)