Alexander Vlad

Photography – Ottawa

Alexander Vlad was born in Ottawa, and grew up in a foreign service family that was equal parts diplomatic and artistic. Through his upbringing, he had the good fortune to live in Boston in the 1980\'s and Ireland, England and Romania in the 90\'s. Frequent travel and contact with his European roots served to magnify his curiosity of the world and after high school he set out to document it. Since 2005 Alexander has been a freelance photographer and designer, although his background was journalism and interactive multimedia. In 2007, he established Captivate Creative Studios, a Montréal-based production company specializing in portraits and location lighting. In 2008 the convergence of storytelling technology prompted Captivate to get serious about video production. Alexander had his first solo exhibition in 2011. Entitled MIXED SIGNALS, he showcased four unique series of photographs from New York, his work with the music industry, his travels in the Gulf region and urban landscapes from his hometown, Ottawa. Everything was self-printed on 100% cotton rag paper. More recently, Alexander was director of photography for the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, and worked for the United Nations as a presidential pavilion photographer at COP18/CMP9 Conference on Climate Change in Qatar. In both situations he was working directly with royalty, dignitaries and masters of the arts. Alex is currently shooting commercial and editorial photography in Ottawa. He is also directing his first feature length documentary, to be released in 2014.