Francois Gaudet grew up on the Evangeline Trail in an Acadian enclave in southwestern Nova Scotia.

His describes being Acadian as

" existing in an intertidal zone—

caught between the established and the uncertain, between fact and fiction,

the visible and the invisible. "

With a major in photography, he  uses it as a powerful mythical eye for navigating this complex paradigm.

He holds a minor in painting and combines both mediums into his pieces,

creating modern encounters of a world long passed.

He integrates the oral tradition of the  Acadian language into his work,

either poetically or cryptically.

Working in both Acadian French and English extends an ever-present  historical neutrality.