This summer, Heritage Saskatchewan encouraged provincial residents to get in touch with the culture and heritage around them. Until September 8, they’re accepting photo submissions of Saskatchewan’s people, buildings and natural beauty.
There are five categories for photographers to enter and communicate the province’s living heritage through a lens:
Living Heritage: Like DNA, the values, beliefs and ways of life as received from past generations helps everyone understand the present and make future choices.
The past defines individuals and their relationships with others, shaping communities and the quality of life.
In this category, Heritage Saskatchewan wants images of living heritage as recognized by the photographers – from the way a grandmother kneads bread, to the symbols embedded in powwow regalia. Watch a video about living heritage.
Living Heritage (Youth Category - Submissions from ages 18 and under): As the next generation of heritage stewards, Heritage Saskatchewan invites the province’s youth to capture living heritage as seen around them. Show the parts of living heritage that matters!
Our Urban Places: Buildings, infrastructure and interactions with the constructed world are part of Saskatchewan’s heritage too.
This category includes streetscapes, buildings and distinctive views of towns and cities. Photographers should strive to demonstrate why these places are special.
Landscape and Nature: Saskatchewan’s landscape and its nature not only provides beautiful photographic subjects, but also represents an important part of the province’s living heritage. Saskatchewan’s climate and geography determines how residents live – these conditions also tell the stories of every resident and anchors them.
Aim to represent Saskatchewan’s unique and diverse natural assets – from the ways the environment has been altered to live and work in, to the pristine beauty of the province’s wilderness.
COVID-19 Culture: Show Heritage Saskatchewan how culture and heritage have played roles during the changes brought by the pandemic, whether in the entrants’ personal lives, or in their communities.
Has cultural heritage been used to help cope with the pandemic? Has COVID-19 created cultural markers previously unheard of before?
Visit Heritage Saskatchewan’s website to enter photos at https://heritagesask.ca/projects/summer-photo-contest. Check out the prizes and view the entry gallery.
Contact Marieke de Roos, Communications Coordinator, for more information at communication@heritagesask.ca.
