Gerald Allain graduated from Ryerson University in Photography and works as a freelance photographer. He has a finely-honed and painterly sensibility behind the lens. His heritage in the villages of Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula first fueled his passion for photography and he still carries a strong attachment to the weathered, antic, accidental presence of the beautiful in the historic settlements of that region.

His Malta Inquiry project, "Creating in your yard," is an exploration of this highly constructed personal (haptic) space in a variety of historic human habitations. Using digital photography and video Gerald can make magic appear in the most mundane and ordinary location, allowing curiosities to reveal themselves from his "intimate distance"