About Me

Welcome to Jake Werner Photos.

This collection represents more than twenty years of photographic work.

After moving to Prince Edward Island from my birthplace of Montreal, I discovered photography and decided to pursue it as a career. I completed a Certificate in Photography at Holland College in Charlottetown and, after graduating, established my own photography business.

After working professionally on P.E.I. for three years, I joined photographers Lionel Stevenson and Lawrence McLagan on the federally sponsored documentary project Document of Our Times, photographing life across Prince Edward Island. The project culminated in an exhibition at the Art Gallery of the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown.

I was later accepted into the International Center of Photography in New York City, where I completed a two-year internship in documentary photography. After returning to Canada, I joined CBC Television, where I spent the next twenty years working as a camera operator, technical director, and technical producer.

When I left CBC, I established my own production management company. Two decades later, I found myself returning to photography—not by picking up a camera, but by opening the binders that held thousands of negatives from my early years. As I revisited them, I began rediscovering photographs that had remained unseen for decades. That process of preservation, editing, and rediscovery has become as rewarding as making the photographs in the first place.

I hope you enjoy exploring this collection as much as I have enjoyed rediscovering it.