Linda Rutenberg was born in Montreal, Canada in 1952.She has a BFA in film and music and a MFA in Photography from Concordia University and has taught photography and worked as a freelance photographer for thirty years. She has led workshops in different parts of the world and has organized photographic trips to Mexico and the United States. In 1995 she opened Camera Lucida Image Centre in Montreal, which housed a darkroom rental facility, a lab, a school and a gallery.