Louie Palu RCA (born 1968) is a Canadian documentary photographer and filmmaker known for covering social-political issues, including war and human rights.

[3] In 1991 Palu worked in New York City as an intern to renowned documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark.

Written by John Gray and Stephanie Nolen, with photographs by Louie Palu, it was nominated for a record five awards, taking gold in the business category, silver in politics and public interest and honourable mentions in investigative reporting, health and medicine and science, technology and the environment.

[9] Several more articles which have been published in The Globe and Mail up and to 2016 such as "The Deadly Effects of Asbestos Use"[10] and "No Safe Use",[11] which won a Canadian Online Publishing Award (COPA) [12][13] No Safe Use, a months-long project which delved into the deadly legacy of Canadians' exposure to asbestos, won a gold medal for Best Interactive Story and was also named winner of the Best Content award.

[17] While a staff photographer at The Globe and Mail, Louie was sent on an assignment in 2006 to cover the Canadian combat mission in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

[18] In his time spent in Kandahar, he worked embedded and independently of the military, covering frontline combat with Canadian, American, British, and Afghan soldiers.

"[21] In 2007, Palu made his first of several trips through 2010 to the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, located on a U.S. military installation in Cuba.

His work was selected for the 2012-2013 landmark exhibition "War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," curated by Anne Wilkes Tucker, Will Michaels and Natalie Zelt.