David duChemin is a photographer and author whose work explores creativity as a practice of intention, joy and personal vision. Based on Vancouver Island, Canada, and shaped by years as a humanitarian photographer, his perspective deepened after a life-altering accident while working in Italy—an experience that redirected his lens toward the natural world and the inner life of the artist. Now an amputee, duChemin’s work and teaching invite photographers to move beyond gimmicks and gear toward photographs that are not only compelling, but unmistakably their own. Through his books, travels and workshops, David encourages a way of seeing rooted in dignity, presence and the courage to make a creative life a daring and fulfilling adventure.