Decidedly quirky in their vision yet punctuated with breath-taking beauty these photographs rejoice in a Saskatchewan landscape known only to insiders. From brash to subtle, John Conway's keen eye for unusual detail, colour, and irony celebrates an unsung landscape with warm affection and brilliant light. With essays by Sharon Butala, David Carpenter, and Helen Marzolf, this fine blending of text and image will both surprise and invite wonder on the occasion of Saskatchewan's centennial. "John Conway's photos, startlingly original in their view of this province, have captured exactly what strangers have failed to see." Sharon Butala "These images speak eloquently to me of the hopes of people like my grandparents, hopes dashed and tattered and rising once again, upbeat and sassy." David Carpenter

About the Author:

John Conway is a long-time Saskatchewan photographer. In 2004, photographs from Saskatchewan: Uncommon Views were awarded two major prizes at the International Photography Awards. Sharon Butala is an award-winning and bestselling author of The Perfection of the Morning. A recipient of the Order of Canada, she lives near Eastend Saskatchewan with her husband Peter on prairie ranchland that they have donated to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. David Carpenter, a former university teacher, is a fiction writer and essayist. Courting Saskatchewan, won the Saskatchewan Book Award for nonfiction in 1997. In 2000 he published his first book of poetry, Trout Stream Creed. Helen Marzolf, a former curator at two Saskatchewan art galleries, now works in Victoria, BC.

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