A freelancer his entire career, he lives in Montreal, Canada, with his wife, a physician, and their two children. His images have garnered more than 60 awards internationally, including National Magazine Awards in 2020, 2014, 2009, the Michener-Deacon Fellowship 2013, a Canada Council for the Arts Grant in 2013, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec grant in 2009, the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize (Duke University)  in 2007, the “World Understanding Award” from POYi (Missouri School of Journalism) 2006, The Bayeux-Calvados prize du public 2005, the Alexia Grant in 2004, a World Press Photo in 1999.

“I want to translate into pictures the idea that everyone views the world through their own filters of history, culture and experience. What should be common ground often looks completely different to others because of those inherited filters. I look for a kind of cross-current in a photograph. I don't want it to be about just one thing, one idea, one emotion.  Rather, it should be a place where multiple, often contradictory, impressions overlap. This usually leads to some fairly dense, complex images. If there is a constant, it might be a hunger for empathy.” - Roger Lemoyne