Mike Grandmaison

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Mike Grandmaison Biography

Mike Grandmaison was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada on April 25, 1954 from Jean-Marie and Therese (born Emery) Grandmaison. He studied biology and graduated from Laurentian University in Sudbury with an Honors Bachelor of Science Degree (Hon. B.Sc.) in 1972–1976. During the summer periods, Grandmaison worked at various jobs including as a laborer at Falconbridge Nickel Mines and Ecole Secondaire MacDonald-Cartier, as well as a biology student for McMaster University, Laurentian University and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. He also managed a small camera store, Canadian Camera Center, in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario for a brief period in 1977–1978.

Mike Grandmaison (born 1954) is a Canadian nature photographer specializing in landscapes, plants and wildlife. Grandmaison is well known for his exquisite images created from his beloved country Canada. His commercial assignment photography focuses on architecture, agriculture, nature, the environment, travel and Canadian tourism while his extensive and eclectic stock photography images are licensed through his own websites as well as through stock agencies in North America. Grandmaison markets his fine art photographs principally through The Canadian Gallery.

Grandmaison remembers taking his first “real picture” with his mother’s Kodak for a school project in grade 11 (circa 1968) when he photographed the old wooden barn on his aunt’s farm in Estaire, Ontario using black & white print film. That was the extent of his photography until his graduation from university in 1976. Grandmaison’s interest in photography began soon after he bought his first 35mm camera, a Nikkormat EL. Being primarily interested in botany and ecology, his objective was to make photographic records of plants and the environments they grew in. Grandmaison’s interest in photography ignited when he joined the Sturgeon Falls Camera Club where he first learned the craft of black & white photography.

Upon graduation from Laurentian University in 1976, Grandmaison worked on short-term contracts for Laurentian University as a Herbarium Assistant and for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment as a field assistant in Water Quality. In late 1978, Grandmaison moved to Edmonton, Alberta in search of permanent work. He found work as a Research Technician in Air Pollution Biology for Alberta Environment in Edmonton (1979–1980) and then as a Water Quality Technician for Alberta Environment, also in Edmonton (1980). Grandmaison was then hired as an Insect & Disease Technician for the Canadian Forest Service at the Northern Forestry Centre in Edmonton in 1980–1985 after which he transferred to Winnipeg, Manitoba to assume similar duties in 1985–1996. He left the Canadian Forest Service in April 1996 to pursue a career as a full-time, freelance professional photographer.

Grandmaison’s photography career involved commercial photography as well as leasing his stock photographs that he made throughout Canada. While he worked with stock agencies in North America to market his work, most of his photographs were licensed though his own marketing efforts. His stock photography has been published in a variety of markets including advertising, annual reports, books, brochures, calendars, cards, CDs, magazines, posters, trade shows and the web. His images have appeared in hundreds of calendars, often as single-photographer editions. His photographs have also graced numerous magazines including Audubon, Canadian Gardening, Canadian Geographic, Canadian Wildlife, Cottage Life, Country, Farm Forum, Geo, L’Actualite, Macleans, National Geographic Traveler, Nature’s Best, Outdoor Photography Canada, Photo Life, Prairies North, Ranger Rick, Sierra Club and Time Canada to name a few. In 2000, Grandmaison photographed his hometown Sudbury in Ontario for Canadian Geographic Magazine to illustrate the efforts and changes that a ‘reclamation project’ had on the area. Grandmaison has illustrated a regular feature called ‘Discovering Canada’ in each issue of Outdoor Photography since its inception in 2007. Architecture has always attracted Grandmaison’s eye and he photographed numerous architectural projects in Winnipeg for some of the largest firms including Smith Carter Architects and Engineers and LM Architectural Group. Some of the interesting buildings that he photographed include the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, the MTS Center, Cancer Care Manitoba, the St. Boniface Cathedral and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Grandmaison’s photographs of the natural world have been published in a number of books featuring different regions of his beloved country Canada. In 2005, he released ‘Canada’ which quickly became a national bestseller and in which he collaborated with CBC radio broadcaster Shelagh Rogers who wrote the text. Grandmaison’s publisher at the time, Key Porter Books, commissioned him to produce three other titles: ‘The Canadian Rockies’ (2007, Introduction by Ben Gadd), ‘Georgian Bay’ (2008, Introduction by Gerard Courtin) and ‘Muskoka’ (2010). Following the demise of Key Porter Books, Grandmaison was then invited by Turnstone Press to publish a book about his adopted home, the Canadian Prairies called ‘Prairie and Beyond'(2012, Text by Jan Volney). Grandmaison’s nature images are purchased as fine art pieces, for corporate decor and as corporate gifts. His fine art photographs may be viewed online at ‘The Canadian Gallery’.

Grandmaison’s images have appeared on eight Canada Post stamp projects including the “Canadian Museum for Human Rights” (2014), the “Red River Settlement” (2012), the “Lighthouse” series (December 2007), the “University of Manitoba” (2002), “Christmas Lights Series” (2001) and the “Pan-American Games” (1999).

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