Lee Nordbye

Lee is a fine art photographer based in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada.

Lee's work reveals overlooked details and unexpected forms found in nature. Looking beyond the obvious, Lee explores the intimate, nuanced and sometimes abstract qualities of the natural world, inviting viewers to discover a renewed sense of curiosity, calm, and connection with nature.

Lee is a fine art photographer based in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada. An award-winning and published photographer, Lee is known for a bold monochrome photographic style. Lee’s approach to photography is matched by a passion to challenge himself to explore wild places and have fun while doing it. Because who ever said that dad jokes, belly laughs and chocolate don’t belong amongst the finer things in life?

Self Taught Artist

- Global Art League Competition Finalist, Montreal Art Center and Museum, July 19 to August 3, 2025 (Montreal, Canada)

- Voices of the Wild (Curated Group Exhibit), Three Sisters Gallery, Feb 12 to May 21, 2025 (Canmore, AB)

- Finalist International Contest of Contemporary Art Award, IMAGOARS Gallery, September 2024 (Venice, Italy)

- Textures (Curated Group exhibit), The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, September, 2024 (Glasgow, Scotland)

- It’s All In The Details (Curated group show with Pam Jenks), artsPlace June/July 2024 (Canmore, AB)

- Friends in Focus (Curated Group Exhibit), Three Sisters Gallery ~ Exposure Photography Festival
Feb/March 2024 (Canmore, AB)

- Sculpt (Curated), Framed on Fifth ~ Exposure Photography Festival
February 2023 (Calgary, AB)

- Below the Peak, The Heart of Edson Gallery and Studio
2020 (Edson, AB)

- Below the Peak, cSPACE ~ Exposure Photography Festival
2020 (Calgary, AB)