Photographer's Profile

Jean-Simon Bégin

Jean-Simon Bégin, Canada

Jean-Simon Bégin is a professional painter and wildlife photographer from Quebec City. Active in these two disciplines for more than 15 years, he has participated in some 50 solo and group exhibitions and has received some 40 awards in Canada and internationally. To date, more than 1000 paintings and photographs bearing his signature have been acquired from collectors. A permanent artist with two renowned Quebec gallery owners for several years, he inaugurates his studio-gallery in 2019. The same year, he founded a publishing house, Ookpik, to publish his first book of photographic art, Contemplation. With his work, Jean-Simon Bégin tries to make people aware of the fragility of biodiversity and the importance of saving it.