Opening Reception: Thursday May 17, 7-11pm

Additional Hours:
Tuesday & Thursday 12-9pm

Wed, Friday & Saturday 12-6pm

Exhibition closes Tuesday May 29, 6pm

My concept of150K From Here is based on many peoples' notion (at times even my own) that one has to travel far from home in order to find amazing scenery and landscapes. Often we joke about the blandness of the Prairies and overlook the beauty that can be found within a short distance of Winnipeg. So I went about setting up the project parameters, and mapped out a radial boundary of 150 kms from the city center.

Subject-wise, anything was open for inclusion, but I knew that landscapes would be the predominant feature. The idea was to shoot all year round, in every, and any cardinal direction, so long as it was within the established confines of the 150 Km radius.

I was actually pleasantly surprised at the variety of landscapes within the given boundary - from classic prairie scenes, to decaying urban settings, plush boreal winter-scapes, and the overlooked simplistic beauty in the everyday scenes that unfold around us daily.

Kirsten Edelvang-Young is the principal of keyFOTO, based out of Ritchot, Manitoba. Professionally, she mainly uses digital media, but not one to limit herself, she works successfully in traditional film formats. Kirsten earned her Professional Photography diploma at PrairieView School of Photography in June 2010.Kirsten's photographic eye gravitates towards landscapes, both rural and urban, but she also enjoys fine art, travel, product photography, and pet portraiture.

Not content to follow more traditional avenues of photography, she has dedicated much of her time during the last year and a half,to search for the images presented in her solo exhibit, '150K From Here'. While busily engaged in gathering material for '150K From Here', she managed to fit in a 3 week trip to Cuba in order to capture some of the essence of this remarkable island nation before it begins to change irreversibly.

Beside her participation in two multi-artist shows at Kay's Deli in Downtown Winnipeg, her works are represented in private collections in both Canada, and Europe.