Samantha Jacque

Artist Spotlight: A Postville photographer draws inspiration from the land.

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A photograph showing the face and neck of a sled dog with white fur. Snow is crusted around its face and its tongue is out, panting.

Samantha Jacque is a photographer from Postville, Nunatsiavut and has a diploma in Digital Photography from McKenzie College in Sydney, Nova Scotia. She has attended photography workshops organized by the Nunatsiavut Government. Samantha has photos in the SakKijâjuk exhibition currently touring galleries in Canada. She also has photos in The Rooms Provincial Artbank, the CDBC office in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, and the Nunatsiavut Government buildings. 

A photograph showing a person seated on their sled behind a sign numbered “3”, with their dogs on the bridle in front of them, greeting another person.
Samantha Jacque, Starting Line. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND NUNATSIAVUT GOVERNMENT.
A wide view of a dogsled race, showing five competitors racing across a stretch of flat, snowy land with a rolling mountain behind them.
Samantha Jacque, Heritage Race in Postville. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND NUNATSIAVUT GOVERNMENT.

Samantha’s photography was featured in the March 2019 issue of the Downhome magazine and some of her photos were also used in the new student textbook InukKutivut IlukKusivut: Our People, Our Culture. Samantha is an avid outdoorswoman who draws her inspiration from the land. 

A photograph of a dogsled racer coming towards the viewer, with four dogs running in front.
Samantha Jacque, Finish Line. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND NUNATSIAVUT GOVERNMENT.
A group of people in winter clothing lift the winner of the dogsled race—and their sled—above their heads in celebration.
Samantha Jacque, First Place. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND NUNATSIAVUT GOVERNMENT.

This story is part of the Nunatsiavut Spotlight. View more content from the Spotlight here.