Artist Statement – Stella d’Entremont

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I am not a highly technical photographer. My work grows out of curiosity, patience, and a great deal of trial and error. What drives me is not the perfect execution of a technique, but the story an image can tell. I often say I dream in technicolour — in my mind, life is beautiful. I live with one foot in reality and the other in a dream world, where beauty, light, and narrative are always unfolding.

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I grew up in a small Acadian village, fourth-generation Métis, one of eight children in a fishing family. My father worked the sea; my mother kept our home warm and full of life. That early life — shaped by tides, weather, and the rhythm of the seasons — gave me an enduring respect for nature’s quiet self-sufficiency.  Wildlife, landscapes, and wild places draw me in because of their simplicity and integrity. A fox does not read a book on how to be a mother; a tree does not ask permission to grow; a river does not wonder if it flows beautifully enough. In nature, there is no need to impress, no compulsion to follow. Every being is itself — whole, purposeful, complete.

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Through my photography, I strive to preserve and share that truth. My images are acts of storytelling, moments of reverence, and invitations to look closer. They are my way of saying: here is beauty that asks for nothing, here is life that thrives without our interference, here is a world worth protecting. If my work inspires even one person to see nature with greater appreciation, then I have succeeded in telling its story.

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