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Bonnie Strotmann

Woman with glasses wearing a jean jacket smiles.

Feature image credit:
Mike Strotmann, c. 2016

Photo credit:
1. & 2. James Murray,
Salmon Arm Observer, c. 1998
3. James Murray, Salmon Arm Observer,
c. 2013

Bonnie and Mike Strotmann had front row seats during the Silver Creek Fire. Framing the house with a fiery backdrop, Photojournalist James Murray shot rolls of film of pink and orange skies.

White house with vehicles parked close by, people near their vehicles. Sky is a yellow-orange colour. Fire burns on hillside.

1. Raging fire!

White house with cars, trucks, and a horse trailer nearby. Beyond trees sky is pink with fire.

2. At times the sky was pink.

In 2013 James Murray returned to shoot the house from a similar viewpoint. Absent were the colours.

Off white house, pink roof, with two trees in front of it. Hillside in backdrop.

3. The recovering hillside in 2013