[Female Frontier Photographer] In Search of Geraldine Moodie

This volume showcases the Canadian frontier photography of Geraldine Moodie (1854-1945). Following her move to Battleford (Saskatchewan) in the 1890s, Moodie opened a photography studio and began taking pictures of the surrounding area. Later she lived in both Maple Creek (Alberta) and the Canadian Arctic, where she continued to exercise her talents. Moodie's work particularly chronicles the lives of First Nations individuals, whether in studio portraits, on the prairies, or in Arctic camps. From sun dance ceremonies to icebound ships to Alaskan wilderness picnics, Moodie's photographic career provides a visual record of settlement and Indigenous-settler relations in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Donny White supports Moodie's photographs with a biography of her life, focussing on her uniqueness as a professional female frontier photographer.