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            Morant's Curve

Nicholas Everard Morant (1910 - 1999) was born on a dairy farm near Kamloops, B.C. Nick showed a keen interest in photography from an early age, and spent much of his youth exploring the areas around his home with his camera and tripod in tow.

After finishing school, Morant negotiated his way into a job position with the Canadian Pacific Railway acting as their Special Photographer. Shortly thereafter, around 1930, Nick relocated to Banff, where he would later spend much of his adult life. 

A large portion of his work focused on promoting trips across the trans-Canada railway, as well as cruise lines and hotels which were also owned and run by Canadian Pacific at the time.

Although Morant took tens of thousands of photographs depicting all manner of people and subjects, he became best known for capturing a very particular view, now widely referred to as "Morant's Curve”. He was even known to have trains travel to a specific location and then stop on the railway tracks while he captured them at just the right angle.

Taken on: December 30, 2016

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