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Valerie Zink

Raised on a farm in the foothills of Alberta, Valerie Zink received her bachelor's in History from Dalhousie University before studying at the International Centre of Photography in New York. Her work focuses on metabolisms between people and nature, issues of economic migration and displacement, and the intersection of landscape and memory. Through photography, she seeks to reveal the ordinary ways that people struggle to live right and defend their attachment to home. She currently lives and works in Fort Qu’Appelle, SK.

Fault Lines

Life and Landscape in Saskatchewan's Oil Economy

Emily Eaton (Author), Valerie Zink (Photographs)

In the summer of 2014, at the height of Saskatchewan's oil boom, geographer Emily Eaton and photographer Valerie Zink travelled to oil towns across the province, from the sea-can motel built from shipping containers on the outskirts of Estevan to seismic testing sites on Thunderchild First Nation’s Sundance grounds.