Author/photographer Ursula Tillmann

A brief Bio . . .

The author and photographer Ursula Tillmann was born and raised in Germany near Düsseldorf. As a teenager she came on a scholarship to Canada where she initially worked on a farm in the Peace River region. Later she studied journalism in Calgary. She worked as a reporter and editor for more than twenty-five years in North America and Europe focusing on history, politics, environment and human interest stories. She has published several photography titles as well as the books "I Still Dream of Angola" (Non-Fiction), "Plato in the Mountains", "Undressing Shadows", and "From Hell to Freedom".

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The Wild, Wild West ...

Western Canadian Cowboys taking a break from work. At right: Rodeo (bull riding) at Bragg Creek in Alberta. During the summer lots of small communities organize rodeos. The biggest event, the "Stampede" is yearly in July in Calgary, where millions of visitors come to admire the way of the North American cowboys.

Caught between two worlds. Buffalos roam the prairie beside electrical posts in southern Alberta.

Aboriginal Canadian girl in her traditional clothes.