Leeça St. Aubin

For me, photography is a conversation - a quiet exchange where people can simply be themselves.

I’m drawn to people in their own environments — the places where life actually happens.

My work centers on weddings and events, as well as environmental portraiture: people in context, doing what they love, surrounded by the spaces, work, and communities that shape them.

I’m less interested in directing a moment than in paying attention to it. My goal is to notice the small gestures, quiet exchanges, and moments of connection that people are often too busy living to fully see. Whether I’m documenting a wedding day, an event, or working with an artist or business owner, my approach remains the same — quiet, attentive, and grounded in what’s real.

I pay attention to the small gestures, the in-between moments, the atmosphere of a place. The goal is always simple: images that feel honest, natural, and alive.

For over 15 years, I have accompanied couples through these meaningful moments, with the same attention to detail and sensitivity.

There is something profoundly humbling about a wedding. To stand in front of the people who know you — your friends, your family, your community — and to say, without certainty of what lies ahead: I choose this person.

Not because life will be easy, and not because anything is guaranteed, but because you are willing to step into it together. That takes courage.

There was a time when I also officiated weddings, and I came to understand that moment from the inside — not just as a witness, but as someone holding space for it.

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of seeing that choice unfold again and again — first as a teacher, then as a photographer — following couples as they became families.

That connection is at the heart of my work - it’s what allows the images to feel natural, alive, and true.

It’s something I don’t take lightly.

Today, I live in Québec City, where I teach visual arts and entrepreneurship at Québec High School.

After more than thirty years in education and raising three daughters of my own, I remain endlessly curious about people, their stories, and the communities they create.

Teaching has shaped the way I move through the world. It has taught me how to pay attention, how to put people at ease, and how to recognize the moments that matter.

Those lessons follow me into every wedding, portrait session, and community project I photograph.

Beyond my photography work, I am also the creator of The Leeça Space, an ongoing exploration of people, place, memory, and belonging through writing, photography, field notes, and conversation.

Though the projects may look different on the surface, they are connected by the same impulse: paying attention to what matters.

Whether I’m documenting a wedding, photographing an artist, spending time backstage with musicians, or witnessing the final morning of a multi-generational family farm, I find myself returning to the same questions:

Who are we?

What matters to us?

What do we want to remember?

The people we love. The places we belong. The stories worth remembering.

— Leeça