Marketing grad's striking images capture his world

Published on October 10, 2018
Gazette
Nick Le under fluorescent lights in Los Angeles, California.
Telfer alumnus Nick Le uses his love of photography and travel to capture faces and places at home and abroad.
Two men wearing surgical-type face masks sit on steps in front of an ornate wooden structure
Lights from other cars seen through the front windshield of a taxi at night.
The wing of an aircraft seen from the plane against a cloudy sky, with a lake and a city below.
Shawn Mendes with a guitar strapped on and holding up a microphone.
Elle Mills sitting on a float festooned with balloons in a Wendy’s parking lot.
Jazz Cartier on stage, singing into a microphone.
Joey Kidney against a balloon-filled backdrop.

By Robert Greeley

Nick Le uses his love of photography and travel to capture faces and places around the world. The 2017 graduate of the Telfer School of Management’s marketing program travels extensively, taking striking images wherever he goes. His craft has also brought him into contact with some of the Internet’s most recognizable faces here at home.

While at uOttawa, Le spent hours upon hours taking photos with a group of fellow students — Sayem Reza (BSocSc ‘16), Jordan MacDonald (BCom ’17), Vineeth Kumar (BCom ’14), Emily DiRenzo (BCom ’16) and Eric Esma (BCom ’17). Bonding over a shared love of content creation, they spent their free time with cameras in hand. Today, they are arguably some of the best content creators to have emerged in recent years from this city. And whenever they get the chance to work together, it’s always a visual treat.

Le made a name for himself at local concerts, most notably the annual Ottawa Bluesfest, where he has photographed the likes of Shawn Mendes and Machine Gun Kelly in action. These concerts were also the venues where he met and socialized with some of YouTube’s big names. Social media superstars Elle Mills and Joey Kidney are now among Le’s frequent faces in front of his camera.

But these opportunities didn’t come by accident to Le, who spent many long hours developing and perfecting his skills. He recommends that anyone looking to get into photography make sure that they’re having fun – and always practising their craft.