Interview with Louie Palu, Canadian award-winning photojournalist who examined communities in the Hard Rock Mining Belt, one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec

Abstract

Louie Palu is a documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work has appeared in festivals, publications, and exhibitions internationally, including the 2012-2013 landmark exhibition “War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath.” His work examines social political issues such as human rights, conflict and poverty. In addition to being the recipient of numerous awards including a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Grant, he is a 2016 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow an...