Current & Upcoming Events
Beautiful Destruction - Alberta Tar Sands Aerial Photographs
Two Venue exhibition in Almonte, Ontario, Canada:
Corridor Gallery, Almonte Public Library 155 High Street & Chambers Gallery, Mississippi Mills Administration Building, 3131 Old Perth Road.
February 2 - April 12, 2012.
Debut presentation of new tar sands in winter images.
CBC Radio Ottawa Morning (February 3, 2012) The Oilsands as Art: Alberta's oilsands have been described as dirty, booming and big. But Ottawa-based aerial photographer Louis Helbig's latest exhibit, Beautiful Destruction shows them from a different viewpoint: through the lense of a camera one thousand feet up. live interview
Citytv, Thursday, January 5, 2012
Breakfast Television Edmonton with Ryan Jespersen Beautiful Destruction
The oilsands are a subject for tireless debate and discussion. But as debates are getting increasingly polarized, are civil, balanced discussions slipping away?
Live studio interview.
Recent Media Coverage
CTV, Sun Nov 20, 2011
Regional Contact with Joel Haslam
Documentary: Aerial Art - Louis Helbig
See the 12 minutes documentary on CTV's website
Artist Talks
Mar 24, 2012: Ontario Power Generation (OPG) Visitors' Centre, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. "Sunken Villages, lecture and presentation of Louis Helbig's aerial photographs of the lost villages." Saturday, March 24, 2012 2-4pm
April 5, 2012: Artist Talk, “Aerial Art by Louis Helbig,” Mississauga Camera Club, Cawthra Community Centre (Seniors’ Centre), 1399 Cawthra Road, Mississauga, ON. Thursday April 5, 2012. 7:30-9:00 pm.