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Abstract
In the summer of 1914, a North American Aboriginal family and a German immigrant photographer made (and left) a record of their encounter on the bank of the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, Alberta. It took the form of two 5x7 inch autochromes ¾ colour glass-plate transparencies. This paper explores how the fragile autochromes render visible rare views of the historical space shared by the Aboriginal family and the immigrant photographer for whom room was made by treaty. No matter the viewpoint from which they are examined, the images are found to present the story Euro-colonialist culture was telling about itself, a story in which both Aboriginals and immigrants were integral. Today, it is argued, these autochromes mark what was seen when an immigrant and the internally displaced met, and held, one another’s gaze.
Résumé
Durant l’été de 1914, une famille autochtone nord-américaine et un immigrant allemand ont réalisé (et laissé) un enregistrement de leur rencontre sur la rive de la rivière Saskatchewan Nord à Edmonton, Alberta. Il a pris la forme de deux autochromes de 5x7 pouces, photographies ¾ couleur sur plaque de verre. Cet article explore la manière dont ces fragiles autochromes rendent visible ce qui a été rarement entrevu, l’espace historique partagé par la famille autochtone et le photographe immigré à qui de la place avait été faite par traité. Peu importe le point de vue duquel on les examine, ces images se trouvent présenter l’histoire que la culture colonialiste européenne racontait sur elle-même, histoire dans laquelle autant les autochtones que les immigrants étaient parties intégrantes. Aujourd’hui, argumente cet article, ces autochromes signalent ce qui se voyait quand un immigrant et des déplacés de l’intérieur ont rencontré, et soutenu, le regard l’un de l’autre.
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