About

Born in Toronto and raised in Williams Lake British Columbia, Louis Helbig is an Ottawa-based artist/photographer specializing in aerials. He is a commercial pilot and a self-taught photographer. His work has been exhibited and published in Canada and internationally.

His background includes professional roles with different public, NGO and private organizations in Canada and abroad including the Government of BC, Foreign Affairs Canada, CUSO and Sharp Wings. He has an MSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics and represented Canada as a member of its National Cross Country Ski Team.

Louis Helbig’s imagery is often complex and contradictory. One critic has described his work as teetering between documentary and abstract. He has been both commended and criticized for how he depicts various subjects, finding beauty in the mundane as well as the controversial.

Contact Louis Helbig directly for public speaking engagements, purchasing limited edition prints or to discuss project ideas or specific assignments.

For further information about one of Louis Helbig’s specific projects or commercial work see:

Sunken Villages
www.sunkenvillages.ca

Beautiful Destruction
Alberta Tar Sands Aerial Photographs
www.beautifuldestruction.ca

Louis Helbig
Photographer/Artist

1-149 Patterson Avenue
Ottawa, ON, K1S 1Y4
Canada

613 263 0264

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louishelbig (at) egamiimage (dot) ca

Beautiful Destruction - Alberta Tar Sands Aerial Photographs