Laurie Gunn, President of the Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia, is a
well-known and much admired local photographer. Her work will be exhibited at
the “In the Village” Café in Great
Village this summer. She
and her evocative images will be part of the Elizabeth Bishop Festival taking
place in the village on 8 August 2015.
Laurie was born in Cape Breton,
Nova Scotia, in 1952 and has lived her whole
life close to the Atlantic Ocean. Her
love for photography started at the age of ten when her parents bought her, her
very first camera and she has been taking pictures ever since. She
graduated from university, got married, taught school, and helped raise four
children. Her photography has taken her to such places as Italy, France,
Spain, England, Scotland,
Ireland, Greece, Turkey,
Hong Kong, New
Zealand, Australia,
Vietnam and the Channel
Islands, United Kingdom.
She has attended photography workshops and enjoyed the
chance to discuss photography with other like minded individuals. In 2007
she had the privilege of doing a photography show with her good friend and
traveling companion, Joy Laking (another EB Festival artist). The show
was held in Truro, N.S., at the Marigold Cultural Centre (www.marigoldcentre.ca) and was called
“Here and Away-Seeing the World With Passionate Eyes.” This was indeed
the highlight of her career as a photographer.
Laurie will also take your picture! She will head up the “Fun Photo
Booth” where you can don a historic costume and pose for her camera.
Laurie has also photographed the Elizabeth Bishop House many
times.
Laurie's photography business is called “eagle i images” because
when she captures a beautiful or intriguing image, she does feel like she is
soaring with the eagles.
You can see more of Laurie’s work on her website.
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