Andrew Latreille is an Australian-born, Vancouver-based visual artist whose photographic practice investigates the relationships between time, environment, and human impact. With a background in architecture and a deep commitment to long-term visual inquiry, Latreille’s practice moves beyond conventional documentation to explore perceptual shifts and liminal spaces—those transitional moments where he can reveal the unexpected or the emotion of a place.
His most recent series, titled Crossover, positions forest fire not as an apocalyptic force but as a necessary actor within ecological cycles. Created under subzero full-moon conditions between 2021 and 2023, the series documents the haunting aftermath of British Columbia’s 2021 fire season. By isolating these scorched landscapes in winter, Latreille encourages viewers to reconsider wildfire as both destructive and sublime, offering hope within devastation and light within shadow. The images explores “Crossover,” a term used by fire professionals to describe the moment when conditions shift and fire becomes uncontrollable. In Latreille’s hands, it becomes a metaphor for emotional and environmental transformation.
His fascination with these threshold moments—what he calls harnessing liminal space—stems in part from growing up in a creative family in Melbourne and later deepened through his architectural studies at the University of Melbourne and his subsequent photographic career in Canada. His architectural thesis examined the poetic relationship between photographic film grain and the speed of wine fermentation, signalling an early interest in how process, material, and time intersect.
In 2018, Latreille exhibited at the Venice Biennale’s Time Space Existence exhibition, showcasing his Then and Now series. In this series, he explored transitional moments of architecture under construction, juxtaposing these with smaller images of the finished project. This international presentation emphasised his approach to photography of looking beyond the visual to reveal deeper cultural and societal narratives.
Latreille’s practice has been recognized by the Lucie Awards, Black & White Spider Awards, and the Architecture Photography Masterprize, and is regularly featured in national and international exhibitions. He is also a dedicated community contributor, serving as a National Board Member and Vancouver Chapter President of the Canadian Association of Professional Image Creators (CAPIC), and as an ambassador for Phase One and Arca Swiss Cameras.
He lives and works in Vancouver on the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, raising two sons with his wife and continually seeking meaning in the evolving relationships between humans and the lands they inhabit.
