Orest Semchishen's photographs of the Canadian prairies depict vital, but disappearing, pockets of culture composed of Northern trappers, small towns, and Ukrainian Catholic, Russian Orthodox, and Japanese Buddhist religious communities. He presents a view of plains society often overlooked by casual observers: the facade of a rustic house, a hotel built in the days of the frontier, a remote post office no larger than a shack, a barbed wire fence stretching over the expanse of prairie, and Byzantine churches appearing out of place with their onion-shaped domes. While most of the 46 quadrotone reproductions depict scenes in Alberta, some are of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland. An essay by Martha Hanna is also included which covers Semchishen's background and photojournalistic style.
- ISBN10 0888845685
- ISBN13 9780888845689
- Publish Date 1 February 1995
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 2 April 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 102
- Language English