Louie Palu is a Canadian/American photographer and filmmaker whose work has examined social-political issues, such as human rights and conflict for over 30 years. He has worked as both a freelance and newspaper staff photographer. He has been on assignment worldwide including multi-year coverage of stories such as the war in Afghanistan, Ukraine, the drug war in Mexico and an ongoing 10-year project on geopolitics in the Arctic.
Based in Washington D.C., he has also been focused on an ongoing in-depth project covering U.S. politics and democracy where he often covers Congress and The White House. His work has appeared in Bloomberg Opinion, The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Le Figaro, Le Monde, El Pais, PBS and BBC.
His documentary feature films have screened at Hot Docs and the Munich and Barcelona Documentary Festivals. His work has been selected for awards such as a Guggenheim Fellowship, World Press Photo, multiple Pictures of The Year International and Best of Photojournalism. He holds an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and lectures regularly at universities worldwide.