Instead I Became Ceremony

Photo & VisualsCulture & Activism
Written By Mecoh Bain

This is "Instead I became ceremony" featuring Kyle Young Pine, a Kainai Blackfoot Fancy Dancer. Kyle expressed his desire to connect to community through fancy dancing at Pow Wows, however, due to the COVID restrictions during the pandemic in the spring of 2020, he was unable to. I met with Kyle at the Bow River with his family and he fancy danced in traditional Regalia, a symbolic prayer for healing for himself, nature, and humanity, instead he became ceremony.

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Mecoh Bain

Mecoh Bain (she/her/@mecohbain) is a freelance photographer whose work is largely informed by her experience as a bi-racial woman. Her style focuses on storytelling, through evoking emotion, colour, and clean lines. As a woman of colour Mecoh feels the responsibility to shift the narrative and bring diversity and representation of BIPOC and LGBTQ2IA+ communities to the forefront of contemporary art and photography.

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