George Webber’s award-winning photography captures the stories of the Canadian Prairies. While Webber focuses his lens on the weathered architecture of small, disappearing prairie towns, he lives in the young, metropolitan city of Calgary. Webber is acutely aware of the dichotomy between old and new, and the persistent cycles that mark human endeavors over time.

Webber’s relationship with the land began as a boy when his grandfather encouraged him to explore the badlands behind his home in Drumheller. In an interview with the Alberta Heritage Community, Webber says: “There was a sense of knowing your place, and it was a good place.” However, he also notes:

His photographs have been archived in museum collections around the world including the Bibliothèque Nationale in France, the Canada Council Art Bank and the Australian National Gallery. He is also the recipient of six National Magazine Awards (Canada), the Award of Excellence from the Society of News Design (U.S.A.) and the International Documentary Photography Award (Korea).

See George Webber’s work in Geist at the bottom of this page.

Webber’s photography has also been featured in: American Photo, Canadian Geographic, Lenswork Quarterly, Maisonneuve, Photolife, Saturday Night and Swerve.

His books include: People of the Blood (Fifth House Books, 2006), A World Within (Fifth House Books 2005), and Requiem (Folio Gallery, 1995).

See more of Webber’s work at georgewebber.ca.

Click here to listen to George Webber discuss his photo collection, Requiem at the Alberta Online Encycolpedia.