Arctic life photography exhibit

The Musée Héritage Museum, in St. Albert, is presenting Arctic Life: Lomen Brothers Photography, an exhibition from the Glenbow Museum from until June 16. Drawn to the north by tales of the gold rush and the untouched riches of Alaska, the Lomen family moved from Minnesota to Nome in 1903. Always looking for an opportunity, they purchased a photographic studio in 1908 and a drugstore in 1909. In 1913 they started a successful reindeer business, shipping meat to the lower states. In 1934, the studio, operated by brothers Carl, Harry, Alfred, and Ralph, burned to the ground. Over 30,000 negatives and 50,000 prints were destroyed. The stunning photographs in this exhibit are some of their surviving images of the local Yupik people and life in Nome at the start of the 20th century.