Canadian Rangers from Resolute Bay and Arctic Bay train soldiers in Arctic survival at temperatures as low as minus 60 degrees Celsius at the Crystal City training site in Resolute Bay, Nunavut. 2015–18, pigment print, image courtesy of the artist and Stephen Bulger Gallery. (© Louie Palu)

By rdnewsNOW staff

Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery welcomes award-winning Louie Palu ahead of exhibit

Jan 30, 2024 | 7:47 PM

The Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG) says it is excited to bring award-winning photojournalist Louie Palu to Red Deer from Feb. 2-3.

Palu is an internationally published, Canadian photojournalist and filmmaker whose work focuses on social political issues such as war, human rights and poverty.

From Toronto, Palu has received numerous awards including Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Grants, 2011-12 Bernard L Schwartz Fellowship with the New America Foundation, and Milton Rogovin Fellowship at the University of Arizona.

According to the MAG, on Friday, Feb. 2 from 5-8 p.m., Palu will be in house to speak at the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery’s First Friday event for the opening reception of his exhibit, Louie Palu: Distant Early Warning.

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DISTANT EARLY WARNING documents the vestigial legacies of the Cold War and the increased military presence in the North American Arctic today. The changes in the region are exacerbated by the many unknowns the Arctic faces, among them the warming of the planet. Over several years — from 2015 to 2018 — what began as a Guggenheim Fellowship evolved into an assignment for National Geographic magazine. Taken as a whole, the series of photographs examines the growing geopolitical tensions and changing life around Inuit communities in one of the planet’s most extreme and challenging places.

On Saturday, Feb. 3, there are two opportunities for the public to meet Palu, starting with an event at 10 a.m. during which Louie will speak on his experiences as a National Geographic photographer covering social political issues. Then in the afternoon at 2 p.m., he will be leading a tour of his exhibition. Both events are open to the community and free to attend.

The exhibit runs through March 9.

More information is at reddeermuseum.com.