Louie Villanueva-Eyre (b. 1995) is a photographer based in Moh'kins'tsis, located on Treaty 7 territory—also called Calgary, Canada.

Born to parents of Filipino descent, Villanueva‑Eyre’s work moves between identity, mindfulness, and the poetics of the everyday. His photographs emerge from walking, from listening, and from an attention to the ordinary as a site of both intimacy and inquiry.

A background in photojournalism, event, and studio photography gives Villanueva‑Eyre a practical foundation for his examination of form and subject. He works with an autobiographical approach that treats photography as both medium and method—a way of being present, slowing down, and noticing what persists beneath the surface of daily life.

His photographic encounters expand Villanueva‑Eyre’s subject matter: care, grief, and the residue of living. Working slowly, he approaches photography as a kind of ritual—deliberate and attuned to the emotional texture of the spaces and people he photographs. This process mirrors the mindfulness practices that inform his way of seeing: taking time, paying attention, and allowing images to emerge through relationship.

Villanueva‑Eyre is the Technical Lead, Photography, for the University of Calgary Department of Art and Art History, documents weddings for Light Theory, and founded Neat Film Lab, now run by his partner and wife, Haley Villanueva‑Eyre. He was nominated for the 2022 Scotiabank New Generation Photography Award and is a Master of Fine Arts candidate at the University of Calgary.