About Louis

Louis Bockner is a Canadian photographer and writer living on the unceded traditional territory of the Sinixt First Nation. He specializes in telling stories of people and the places they shape and are shaped by, with a particular affinity for those who live close to the Earth in a simple way.

His past clients include The Narwhal, The Globe and Mail, Kootenay Mountain Culture, Coast Mountain Culture, The Sierra Club, America Magazine and The Wilderness Committee.

His 2018 photo essay for The Narwhal and Sierra Club BC that documented the challenges facing Wood Buffalo National Park and the First Nations communities that surround it, was nominated for a Canadian Publishing National Magazine Award as well as a Canadian Digital Publishing award.

He currently lives in Argenta — the small community in which he was born — with his partner Danielle, surrounded by the friends, family and forests he loves so dearly.