Larry Louie is an optometrist and documentary photographer based in Edmonton, Canada. As a teenager, Larry aspired to be a National Geographic photographer, traveling the world and photographing different places and cultures. His photography took on a new dimension when he became a volunteer optometrist with Seva Canada which is a part of VISION 2020, the global initiative that aims at eliminating preventable and avoidable blindness in the world by the year 2020. Larry has used his photography as a way to highlight Seva’s work in addition to other social issues and challenges that people are encountering in a world undergoing rapid urbanization and globalization.
Larry's work to document the lives of people around the world has resulted in an extensive archive of images. His work has received international recognition and awards including the IPA Lucie Award; National Geographic Annual Photo Essay Award; and Humanitarian Documentary Grant with the World Photography Gala Award. His work has been exhibited worldwide from Canada to the U.S., and Europe and Asia. A collection of the photographer’s commendable work can be seen below.
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