Michel Gauthier was born in Terre-Neuve of Saguenean parents. Self-taught, he first got interested in art through his approach of painting and then through cinema is a photographer. As such, he was able to take part to 30 solos exhibitions. He is cofounder of the Gallery Sequence and was awarded several grants from the Canadian Art Counsel and from the Ministère de la Culture du Québec. Several of his photographs are part of the Banque d'oeuvres du Canada or private collections. He participated to the publishing of several books and reviews such as Focus and a book about historical photographs in Saguenay Country. he is an editor, cameraman and director working withfilm and video. He also taught video production in Africa, Mauritania,other countrys and several groups of American Indians from Québec as well as in Inuit country.