by Lukasz Herba, Sabrina Nault

At nineteen Luke found himself working in a homeless shelter in Grande Prairie, a two story crumbling building built 60 years before his time that smelled of bleach, old sweat and cold dreams. This was followed by being hired at a youth shelter, where the kids would look straight into his eyes with their “heavy stories” some of them were already old beyond their years. Following all this, he found himself at a women's shelter as a public education coordinator - an experience which would provide him with more life lessons. He went on to earn his Bachelor of Social Work through the University of Calgary. In the meantime Luke enjoyed photography, where he felt silence spoke louder than words. No one needed to say a word to capture the moment, just let it happen, let it reveal itself. Two years ago he began his “ Intersections” project; it was his “gut” feeling that these stories needed to be told & moments need to be exposed. Starting Intersections was about those strange, quick moments when lives brush up against each other, like two cars at a red light, stuck there for a minute, staring but not really seeing. That's the thing, isn't it?!? We're all just passing by, invisible to each other, pretending we don't notice. This project, it's a way of forcing the question: Do we see them? Do we even try? Or do we just look away, like we've all perfected the art of pretending we're busy looking at our phones risking a ticket, when someone with a cardboard sign steps up to our window?

His work, his practice/ & Intersections is about the rawness, the humanity we try to avoid, the faces we pretend don't exist. And this is about trying to create a better world where people are visible and heard.

Sabrina always felt compelled to help the people around her. However, due to life circumstances, she ended up working in the oilfield right out of high school as she was led to believe making money was all she needed to be happy. In 2015 she went back to school to further her education by way of a B.A. Sociology Brandon University, in Brandon, Manitoba. From here she pursued a path in Social work with the objective of becoming a Probation Officer. Following her education she began working in group homes/ as well as homes for individuals with mental disabilities that were no longer able to able to live with their families. The experience she acquired in one of these Group Homes completely changed her path in life. She learnt many of these “high risk” youth taught her more about life than what she could teach them; making her realize everyone has a story. She truly believes our childhood trauma’s can be damaging and lead us down paths many of us don't want to go.