Paul Couvrette

Paul Couvrette (born June 22, 1951) is a Canadian commercial photographer based in Ottawa, Ontario.

Couvrette earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Carleton University in 1974. He was the photography editor of The Charlatan, the university's newspaper. After graduation, he traveled in Europe and worked at the camera shop Wallace Heaton in London.

Upon returning to Ottawa in 1975, Couvrette worked as a photographer shooting weddings, bar mitzvahs and portraits. In 1994, Couvrette bought a building on Gladstone Avenue in Centretown Ottawa to house his studio, and hired a full-time assistant and an office manager.

Couvrette’s work has appeared on over 500 magazine covers including Time,Macleans and Ottawa Life. His portrait clients have included Antonio Lamer, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Judge William Stevenson numerous Chief Judges of the Tax Court of Canada,Cognos founder Michael Potter, author and head of the National Library Roch Carrier, Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire,Corel founder Michael Cowpland, CBC personality Rick Mercer, former US Ambassador Paul Celluci, the Speaker of the House of Commons,Peter Milliken and author John Ralston Saul He was commissioned by the Public Archives to create a portrait that shows every Canadian prime minister since Pierre Trudeau. and has photographed the Prime Ministers for Magna International and CBC to promote the Next Great Canadian Prime Minister television show. Couvrette was included in the list of Top 50 Citizens by Ottawa Life magazine. Couvrette's editorial clients include Time, whose Canadian edition used his photograph of Maher Arar (as "Canadian Newsmaker of the Year") for its cover, and Architectural Digest. Couvrette has worked with Member of Parliament Paul Dewar to create a portrait of supporters of establishing the Canadian National Portrait Gallery in Ottawa.

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