S.L.S. "SHOU" YE GAUTHIER

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i AM A PASSIONATE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THOSE THINGS i FIND SUBLIME AND PURE. i AM BASED IN THE BEAUTIFUL, CALM, COASTAL COMMUNITY OF CH'TL'AM (WIDELY KNOWN AS WEST VANCOUVER). mY WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED IN SEVERAL SMALL PUBLICATIONS (wINGSPAN mAGAZINE) AND IN ONE BOOK (rACCOON, BY dANIEL HEATH JUSTICE)

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I've ALWAYS FOUND THAT HAVING THE ABILITY SPEND TIME IN NATURE WAS MY BIGGEST BLESSING. from A YOUNG AGE, i NURTURED AN INTEREST IN BIRDS; IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM "spark BIRD", THE varied THRUSH WAS MINE. Birds are what I find are the epitome of the sublime - FROM A LAUGHING MALLARD HEN AT THE LOCAL POND TO MASSIVE MURDER OF CROWS ROOSTING AT STILL CREEK TO THE silent, Nearly invisible great horned owl merely sitting a meter above one's head. a GREAT THING ABOUT BEING AROUND BIRDS IS THAT THEY CAN LEAD TO SIGHTING OTHER BEASTS AND CRITTERS AS WELL.

 

and of course there is no Shou without THE CAMERA OBSESSION. i WOULD PLAY AROUND WITH KODAK FUNSAVERS AND OTHER DISPOSABLE CAMERAS BEFORE ACQUIRING MY FIRST DIGITAL POINT AND SHOOT, taking it on various travels to fifteen countries on four continents. I now use on a daily basis (irrelevant) a Nikon D850 and a host of many, many analog cameras - my Nikon FM2 BEING MY MOST TREASURED.

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hOWEVER, I'm not ALWAYS abusing my neck looking for warblers in trees nor carrying several kilos of gear around IT! i CARE FOR A SMALL MISCHIEF OF WONDERFUL FANCY RATS (mIREILLE, jACKIE, AND lADY bIRD) WHOM GIVE ME SO MUCH LIFE. IN MY DARKEST TIMES. rATS ARE SIMPLY THE MOST OVERLOOKED AND UNDERRATED OF SOULS.

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i ENJOY AMASSING ENCYCLOPAEDIC FACTS SO i CAN EVENTUALLY GO ON jEOPARDY (ALTHOUGH i HATE BEING ON CAMERA) AND ALSO JUST TO SATISFY THAT THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE. i LIKE TO COLLECT NATURAL HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AND USE DATABASES SUCH AS InATURALIST. i ALSO READ, CRAFT, ENJOY CLASSIC CINEMA, AND AM AN AUDIOPHILE AND MUSIC NERD.

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All photographs are available as prints! Email: slsyegauthier@gmail.com. Alternatively, you may direct message me at @ferus.shou on Instagram.