Orest Semchishen: In Plain View/Voir Clair

by Martha Hanna

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. Semchishen presents a straightforward 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888845685
• ISBN13: 9780888845689
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photogra
• Length: 102 Pages