Documenting Wells, British Columbia, a historic mining and logging town on the territories of the Lhtako Dene and Secwépemc peoples, After They Leave is a testament to what happens when the relationship between humans and the land is forgotten. Lynes-Ford documents the scars left behind from the process of extraction, abandonment and the displacement of Indigenous peoples who lived in reciprocity with this land.
This exhibition will be featured in imagineNATIVE's Art Crawl on June 4, 5:00 - 10:00PM. Free to join, registration required, to view the crawl schedule and register click here.
Presented in partnership with imagineNATIVE.
Manny Wood Lynes-Ford is an indigenous photographer from Gitxaala, British Columbia, based in Toronto. He specializes in analog photography with a range of media from cyanotypes to chromogenic prints in the darkroom. He holds a BFA from OCAD University in photography. Working with themes of decolonization and the Indigenous experience, he draws inspiration from artists such as Fred Herzog and Carl Beam.
