About Glenn Ogilvie Photography

Glenn Ogilvie developed an interest in photography as a young boy poring over discarded magazines, including National Geographic, Time, Life and Sports Illustrated. His first picture was of a model car he built as a child. Technically, the photograph, taken with an old family Brownie camera, was a disaster. But the concept was a good one and the seeds were sown.
In his early 20's Ogilvie was encouraged to pursue photography and bought a 35 mm camera. Within six months he’d landed his first professional job at a small town newspaper, The Dunnville Chronicle.
For five decades he has worked as a photojournalist for weekly and daily newspapers in Ontario — including the Sarnia Observer and most recently The Sarnia Journal — has won dozens of photography awards, and mounted numerous gallery shows and exhibits.

In addition to community photojournalism, Glenn has explored and experimented with many historical printing methods from gum and salted prints, cyanotypes, direct carbon to fibre based printing.

Now retired, Glenn continues to be fascinated by environmental themes, while his work evolves from journalistic “realism” into a wider artistic exploration of light, colour and texture. He continues to collect images of environmental issues in Lambton County using digital and analogue photography. “Photography has been a life experience, not a destination for me,” Ogilvie said.