By Leah Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Rocky Mountain Outlook BANFF \u2013 From the parking lot of the Juniper Hotel in Banff to the shores of central Alberta\u2019s Lac Saint Anne, M\u00e9tis photographer Craig Richards sets up a neutral backdrop and invites an elder into the frame. From there, the elders speak. \u201cThe backdrop \u2026 allowed them to speak, to sing and it allowed us to see them,\u201d said Richards, former curator of photography at Banff\u2019s 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\u2019s Gatherings.\u00a0 What\u2019s now expanded from coast to coast, all started with the Elders\u2019 Gathering at Banff\u2019s Juniper Hotel, an… <\/p>\n
By Leah Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Rocky Mountain Outlook BANFF \u2013 From the parking lot of the Juniper Hotel in Banff to the shores of central Alberta\u2019s Lac Saint Anne, M\u00e9tis photographer Craig Richards sets up a neutral backdrop and invites an elder into the frame. From there, the elders speak. \u201cThe backdrop \u2026 allowed them to speak, to sing and it allowed us to see them,\u201d said Richards, former curator of photography at Banff\u2019s 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\u2019s Gatherings.\u00a0 What\u2019s now expanded from coast to coast, all started with the Elders\u2019 Gathering at Banff\u2019s Juniper Hotel, an... <\/p>\n