By Leah Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Rocky Mountain Outlook BANFF – From the parking lot of the Juniper Hotel in Banff to the shores of central Alberta’s Lac Saint Anne, Métis photographer Craig Richards sets up a neutral backdrop and invites an elder into the frame. From there, the elders speak. “The backdrop … allowed them to speak, to sing and it allowed us to see them,” said Richards, former curator of photography at Banff’s Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. In his signature black and white style, Richards has photographed over 60 elders from First Nations across Canada in his portrait series All Our Relations: Portraits from the Elder’s Gatherings. What’s now expanded from coast to coast, all started with the Elders’ Gathering at Banff’s Juniper Hotel, an…
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