Westworld

In her new book Along the Western Front, the photographer Leah Hennel captures the ranches, rodeos and romance of Southern and Central Alberta

- MARK PUPO

Leah Hennel’s love affair with rural Alberta life began around age nine, when her Calgary parents would send her and her brother to spend part of the summer at the family’s ancestral ranch. There were horses, open fields and—memorably—the time her great aunt Phyllis showed her how to slaughter and pluck her own chicken for supper.