CLiX Photography, Orono, ON

Shawn Hamilton (MacIntosh) was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1961. Moving to Ontario in 1973 growing up primarily in Prince Edward County, Shawn attended The University of Toronto where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Computer Science. After a career in data base management in the advertising industry her passion for horses and photography grew increasingly stronger and in 1984 CLiX Photography was created. In 1986 Shawn’s work appeared on the cover of The Corinthian Horse Sport magazine and The Canadian Horsemen and she has never looked back.
After covering five Olympics starting with Barcelona, the last one being Hong Kong as well as numerous World Equestrian Games and other international events Shawn has geared her focus to Equine Travel. From wine tasting by horse back in South Africa to Crossing the Andes from Chile to Argentina Shawn has published various articles with outstanding images on her Equestrian Excursions.
CLiX photography can be found on the covers and inside magazines such as Horse Illustrated, The Trail Rider, Horse Sport, Horse Canada, The Horse, Equus, Practical Horsemen, Dressage Today, and countless more. Shawn has four non fiction children’s books published by Scholastic Canada titled “ Crazy For Horses”, “ Still Crazy For Horses”, “ Crazy For Ponies” and “ Totally Crazy for Horses” ( author Karen Briggs) as well as the 2004 & 2005 Hallmark horse calendars.
Shawn has now emabarked into the fine art world and has two sucessful art shows under her belt. She will be showing August 16th at the Womens Art Festival in Kingsotn, Ontario. To view some of her recent art work you can go to http://photoartbyshawnhamilton.zenfolio.com
After a three year stint in Cuba Shawn now resides on a small farm in Orono, Ontario with her husband Joe and their four children along with five horses, two cats and a large Bernese Mountian dog.