Ann Ellis is an Ottawa-based photographer whose work explores the quiet traces of human presence and absence as it relates to belonging. Rooted in questions of public access and more personal investigations into family lineage, her practice examines how we inhabit, share, gain, and lose both public and private space. Through underwater, ground-level, and aerial perspectives, she looks at how people relate to place, community, and one another.

Ellis has exhibited in Ottawa and Toronto, including exhibitions at the SPAO Gallery and CONTACT Photography Festival, and has completed a residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point on the Toronto Islands. She lives and works in Ottawa, Canada.