 Religious Life
Bern
Will Brown came to north as a priest, a Father of the Oblates
of Mary Immaculate. Naturally, he photographed the daily lives
of other members of this Order. His work took him from the church’s
northern headquarters in Fort Smith, to the Mission schools and
hospitals of Fort Resolution and Aklavik. During his journeys,
he photographed nuns, priests, lay brothers and bishops as only
an insider could. His carpentry skills also enabled him to build
log churches, themselves works of art, in Fort Franklin, Camsell
Portage, Nahnni Butte, and Colville Lake.
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