About

For over 40 years, Louise Tanguay has been photographing the world around her. From sweeping vistas to hugely magnified close-ups, her approach to nature startles and enchants. Her work sometimes evokes the gossamer lightness of watercolour, sometimes the stark precision of engraving. The impact of her images awakens secret cords that lie dormant in each of us.

Louise Tanguay has won many awards for her work. Her photographs have been published in newspapers and magazines such as La Presse, The Globe and Mail, Canadian Geographic and Winds, Japan Air Lines' in-flight magazine. She has authored many articles on photography. Her slideshows and lectures have travelled extensively, and her photography workshops have drawn participants from the four corners of Canada. Her work has also been exhibited in galleries in both provinces.

Native of Hearst, in Northern Ontario, she has established her studio in the Ottawa area.

Books

Louise Tanguay has published many works. She has produced two coffee-table books, NATURA and FLORA. NATURA casts a poetic and inspiring eye on nature, FLORA is completely dedicated to plants and flowers. The Reford Gardens and Treasures of Reford Gardens, books illustrated with Louise's photographs, made the best-seller lists of the summers of 2004 and 2005.

She has also produced the photographs and did the layout for a series of Guides to the Gardens of Quebec, published in both English and French. The collection currently groups six volumes, all beautifully illustrated, which are great ambassadors for the impressive public gardens of the province.

A new book featuring Louise’s work has just been published. Jewels of Hawai’i describes Allerton Garden and McBryde Garden on the island of Kauai.

Coffee-table books

Books on Reford Gardens

Guides to the Gardens of Quebec