Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
111 Bear St, Banff National Park, Banff, AB T1L, Canada
04
Feb
2012
Coal Mining Stalwarts: Photographs by Lawrence Chrismas : Feb.4 - April 1, 2012
Banff, Canada
About this event
Lawrence Chrismas is a photographer, author, mining historian and storyteller living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. For more than 30 years he has explored the culture of Canadian miners through his environmental portraits and thoughtful synopses of the stories of their lives. This exhibition of miners is the first time that the Whyte Museum has shown this body of work.
Image:
Lawrence Chrismas, Atillio Caffaro, Retired Chief Coal Mine Mechanic, Canmore Mines, Alberta, inkjet print.
