John-Paul McGuire holds his graduate degree in History, with an emphasis on Canada-US relations from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. He is retired from teaching college level Government and History in both Louisiana and South Carolina, as well as from a career in Christian ministry. He has lived or worked in 13 states and 10 countries. He also enjoys using his camera to look at this world through its intimate details. While some of his work deals with flora and architectural details, his preferred “canvas” is the facial expressions of the human species, and the human form as captured n various everyday activities He is an internationalist, finding his subjects through his many travels around the world.