Tom Schoch - Lil Red Barn Photography

Photography – Ottawa

I'm a Swiss Canadian that grew up on a dairy farm in the Seaway Valley. Most of my childhood was spent on in the fields usually sweating out another hard days work. I'm very grateful for that experience because it's given me the work ethic I have today. But, I was never destined to become a farmer. I was always spellbound by how everyone's experience was uniquely their own. How people from different generations, countries or backgrounds could create a life or a situation that suited their predisposed filters. And yet, we all seemed to co-exist. I was fascinated by a different point of view. It's still what drives me today. To find the true vein of a story or a perspective. To see, even if just for a moment, from a different angle. Whether it is through the creation of worlds through the power of language or by capturing the organic moments of our time, a thousand stories and possibilities pour out every artistic encounter. What a fascinating life we lead.