I found my way to corporate work the long way — through the better part of a decade shooting musicians, artists, fashion, and travel. My heart is for the art of photography, and my eye is for the most human moments.
A room full of people at work is full of those — the focus, the laughter, the idea landing. I bring the same calm presence to a boardroom that I would to a stage: I stay out of the way, and I come back with the moments that actually mattered.
That has taken me into a lot of different rooms — high-level asset management firms in downtown Toronto, Members of Parliament, practicing psychotherapists, world-renowned authors, and internationally recognized musicians, Blue Rodeo among them. The rooms change; the job doesn't. Find the person inside the professional.
Based in Ottawa and working across Ontario and Montreal, I've photographed everything from quiet boardrooms to main-stage keynotes. The throughline is always the same: people at their most engaged, caught without the stiffness.
John Abboud
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