Photos of the Year 2

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As 2023 comes to a close and I pore through more than 3,450 photos I filed for the Brandon Sun throughout the past year, my personal favourites again come from my time documenting the prairies outside Brandon. Most of my selected images come not from assignments or big events, but from moments found while travelling the grid roads of western Manitoba. They tell some of the story of life on the Prairies. As a photojournalist, it is a pleasure to be out in the communities documenting daily life rather than chained to a desk in an office. I’m lucky to be able to tell these stories.

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As 2023 comes to a close and I pore through more than 3,450 photos I filed for the Brandon Sun throughout the past year, my personal favourites again come from my time documenting the prairies outside Brandon. Most of my selected images come not from assignments or big events, but from moments found while travelling the grid roads of western Manitoba. They tell some of the story of life on the Prairies. As a photojournalist, it is a pleasure to be out in the communities documenting daily life rather than chained to a desk in an office. I’m lucky to be able to tell these stories.

» Tim Smith, photographer

Young women in colourful dresses are reflected in the glass of CanAmerican Corrugating Co. while washing the windows of the manufacturing business at CanAm Hutterite Colony east of Minto on a warm late August day. (Photos by Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

Young women in colourful dresses are reflected in the glass of CanAmerican Corrugating Co. while washing the windows of the manufacturing business at CanAm Hutterite Colony east of Minto on a warm late August day. (Photos by Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

Tracy Ramage paddleboards along the smooth-as-glass surface of Lake Clementi south of Brandon as fog rolls over the lake shortly after sunrise.

Tracy Ramage paddleboards along the smooth-as-glass surface of Lake Clementi south of Brandon as fog rolls over the lake shortly after sunrise.

Grades 7 to 9 students from Assiniboine Valley Christian School took advantage of the mild weather and lack of snow to spend an afternoon skating and playing hockey on Lake Clementi south of Brandon.

Grades 7 to 9 students from Assiniboine Valley Christian School took advantage of the mild weather and lack of snow to spend an afternoon skating and playing hockey on Lake Clementi south of Brandon.

Photographers capture images of the northern lights as they dance across the sky above Highway 250 north of Alexander.

Photographers capture images of the northern lights as they dance across the sky above Highway 250 north of Alexander.

Helena Soto of Enoch Cree Nation dances in a jingle dance category at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow.

Helena Soto of Enoch Cree Nation dances in a jingle dance category at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow.

Dancers Meagan Funk and Lavender after performing prior to NHL forward Zach Whitecloud of the Vegas Golden Knights arriving at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation powwow arbour with the Stanley Cup during a visit home by Whitecloud with the trophy. The community put on a variety of entertainment to welcome Whitecloud home.
Dancers Meagan Funk and Lavender after performing prior to NHL forward Zach Whitecloud of the Vegas Golden Knights arriving at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation powwow arbour with the Stanley Cup during a visit home by Whitecloud with the trophy. The community put on a variety of entertainment to welcome Whitecloud home.
Molly Kelleher, manager of Elkhorn Riding Adventures, with her quarter horse Ice in Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park. Ice, a 16-year-old barrel racing horse, tore a tendon in his front right leg last summer and has been rehabilitating for the past year. According to Kelleher, swimming has played an important part in Ice’s rehab which has also included stem cell therapy and shockwave therapy.
Molly Kelleher, manager of Elkhorn Riding Adventures, with her quarter horse Ice in Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park. Ice, a 16-year-old barrel racing horse, tore a tendon in his front right leg last summer and has been rehabilitating for the past year. According to Kelleher, swimming has played an important part in Ice’s rehab which has also included stem cell therapy and shockwave therapy.
Dancers take part in the Grand Entry at sunset at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow in July.
Dancers take part in the Grand Entry at sunset at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Dakota Oyate Wacipi Powwow in July.
Members of Manitoba’s Muslim community pray together at the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba Display Building No. II in Brandon during Eid al-Fitr (festival of breaking the fast), the Islamic celebration marking the end of the month of dawn-to-sunset fasting for Ramadan. Hundreds of members of Manitoba’s Muslim community from approximately two dozen different countries joined together for the celebration at the Dome building.
Members of Manitoba’s Muslim community pray together at the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba Display Building No. II in Brandon during Eid al-Fitr (festival of breaking the fast), the Islamic celebration marking the end of the month of dawn-to-sunset fasting for Ramadan. Hundreds of members of Manitoba’s Muslim community from approximately two dozen different countries joined together for the celebration at the Dome building.
Tyra Gartner with the giant stuffed sloth her boyfriend won for her on the opening night of the 2023 Manitoba Summer Fair at the Keystone Centre.
Tyra Gartner with the giant stuffed sloth her boyfriend won for her on the opening night of the 2023 Manitoba Summer Fair at the Keystone Centre.

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