ApFOTO was created in 1997 by Almir Puglia who fell in love with photography since 1985 when he came to Canada. His hard work through numerous self-assignments and his eagerness to learn about photography through books and manuals soon led him to win the Outdoor Travel Photography magazine prize.

Shortly after he graduated from Algonquin College in Black/White Photography and Cibachrome where he learned the techniques of film and printing processing. Having a special passion about arts, Almir developed many diferent photographic styles ranging from wedding, people, commercial, landscape and sport pictures. Today he completes assignments pertaining to business, government and people on location, indoors and outdoors.