Cathie Archbould

Acclaimed photographer and photojournalist Cathie Archbould creates strong vivid images of Canada's north, with a passionate eye for the people and land. Based in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Cathie photographs the North with a passion that could only come from doing what you love – living large in one of Canada’s last frontiers. Departing big-city life, Cathie left her work freelancing with the Globe and Mail, National Post and Toronto Star, to become the most prolific photographer north of 60. With 17 years of experience in corporate, commercial, industrial and editorial photography, Cathie has developed a reputation for capturing the essence of the natural and built environment.

Her vast experience spans location and site work, environmental portraiture and landscapes, eco-tourism, commercial and industrial documentation, creative advertising campaigns, annual reports and aerial photography. Cathie’s work is a study in extremes: one week she’s driving 5 hrs into a mine to photograph a reclamation project, the next she’s setting up a wall tent on the Dempster Highway, her Blue Heeler warding off animals throughout the night, hiking into a communications tower shoot the next morning, and the third week she’s back in Whitehorse, photographing a quit smoking campaign for the territorial government. Cathie delivers. You'll be impressed.

Feedback from Clients

“Cathie has the incredible ability to communicate really engaging stories through the lens. Not only are her images rich in colour and strong in composition but the human subtleties really dramatize the message.”

Caroll Taiji, Creative Director
Taiji Brand Group

“Cathie is able to capture Yukon Energy’s industrial settings in a way that is both visually intriguing and beautiful. Her work for us has included aerials, employee portraits in work situations, and documentation of major projects such as the construction of transmission lines.”

Janet Patterson, Communication Supervisor
Yukon Energy

“Cathie got the job done on time even when the weather wouldn’t cooperate. She is so friendly and relaxed that our staff were able to enjoy the shoot instead of feeling like they had to paint on smiles. When the shots came back, we were thrilled with what she had done and how they looked on our website and in our marketing materials. We will happily hire Archbould photography again.”

Christine Cleghorn, General Manager
Best Western Gold Rush Inn

“We typically send Cathie to our remote sites with only a basic outline of what we’re looking for. Without having visited most of these locations ourselves, we often don’t know what to expect. She always returns having captured the essence of our operations and the beauty of the landscape, providing us with an extensive library of images that we use for various applications. Cathie’s faraway assignments from ATCO have included unmanned Dew Line radar sites along the Beaufort Sea and fly-in communication towers in the Yukon.”

Carley Robertson, Manager - Corporate Communications
ATCO Frontec