Alberta Photographer Explores Abandoned Homesteads, Captures Their Nostalgic Beauty—and Their Stories

Alberta Photographer Explores Abandoned Homesteads, Captures Their Nostalgic Beauty—and Their Stories
Photographer Lisa Jones and her photos of abandoned homesteads in southern Alberta, Canada. Courtesy of Lisa Jones and Rob Borovsky
Michael Wing
Michael Wing
Editor and Writer
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Lisa Jones is a photographer who, by her own admission, prefers moody and overcast days for her photography because of the atmosphere it imbues on her nostalgic subject matter—old and abandoned homesteads.

It was a brooding and stormy day several weeks ago when Jones set out with her fiancé in her SUV, heading southeast from their home in Calgary, hoping to capture a three-in-one convergence: a storm, an abandoned homestead, and a sunny-yellow canola field all rolled into one shot.

Michael Wing
Michael Wing
Editor and Writer
Michael Wing is a writer and editor based in Calgary, Canada, where he was born and educated in the arts. He writes mainly on culture, human interest, and trending news.