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| Mary Cain - circa 1897 |
Indigenous Margo Kane came to my studio a few days ago for her portrait. I had first photographed her in 2008. The woman who faced me when I opened the door had a much slimmer face. Kane told me she had had some health problems.
Margo Kane 2008
As I was taking her photographs I felt that I had seen someone like her before somewhere else some years back. I could not remember when or where. In the middle of the night it came to me that in one of my visits to the Vancouver Archive I had seen an albumen print (19th century process) of a woman called Mary Cain.
I decided to go back and at the front desk of the archive I asked to see the photograph. I was presented the photograph which was carefully kept in an acid-free envelope. I was granted permission to photograph it. Here it is.