12 Facts About Louie Palu

Louie Palu was born on 1968 and is a Canadian documentary photographer and filmmaker known for covering social-political issues, including war and human rights.

Louie Palu's mother worked as a seamstress before his birth and his father was a stonemason.

Louie Palu graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design University in 1991.

Louie Palu was awarded a summer scholarship to study in New York City.

In 1991 Louie Palu worked in New York City as an intern to renowned documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark.

Louie Palu is known for numerous long term projects focusing on social-political issues.

In 2004, Louie Palu began a project on asbestos and its impact on its victims, which was published as several articles in The Globe and Mail newspaper such as the story "Dying For a Living" and Report on Business Magazine.

Louie Palu's work was published in many publications including the Virginia Quarterly Review, The Toronto Star, the academic journal of political theory Theory and Event, and has been exhibited at the Canadian War Museum.

In 2007, Louie Palu made his first of several trips through 2010 to the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, located on a US military installation in Cuba.

Louie Palu was awarded a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grant for this project.

In March 2019, Louie Palu created an installation as part of the South by Southwest festival in Texas in which some of the Arctic photographs that appear here were encased in massive blocks of ice that were then placed outdoors so that the ice would gradually melt, exposing the images which was featured on PBS.

Louie Palu's work has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and festivals.