Today, June 9th, Bohdan Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore Archives at the Kule Folklore Centre at the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ is celebrating the International Archives Day with other archival institutions around the world.
Our contribution this year is a photograph of in Myrnam, AB by Orest Semchishen, a prominent Canadian photographic artist.
Caption: Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Myrnam, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥, Canada. 1979.
Creator: Orest Semchishen
8 x 10 gelatin silver print
Description: Orest Semchishen is a prominent Canadian photographic artist. Hundreds of domed Ukrainian churches rise above the landscape in the Canadian prairies. The architecture adapted to prairie climate, materials and population. A grain elevator and large open grain fields are visible in the background.
The 9th of June is the International Council on Archives' birthday - it was founded in on that day in 1948. Happy International Archives Day!