Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) is a movement involving the murders and disappearance of Indigenous girls and women. Included in this movement are also two-spirit and trans persons. Although this movement is considered new, the issue of MMIW is not.

The idea of this photography project is to create more awareness than there already has been within the community of Smithers & beyond the Bulkley Valley. Individuals involved in these pictures are able to share their own stories and experiences regarding MMIW.

This project platform will be for educating, sharing, and continuing the conversation about MMIW.

For these pictures, GBP has ensured that the models attending (& in collaboration with Mavis Bonne) express their own vision and that each photo is respectful & culturally accurate to properly represent MMIW Awareness. The main focus is to be on the Indigenous members of our community that this has affected and that continues to affect today.

These photos are free as we are not trying to advertise any business or monthly promotions. Gabby Bentham Photography really wants to keep bringing awareness to MMIW as it seems to constantly get swept under the rug and ignored. The red hand symbolizes the voices of these women and individuals constantly being silenced, and that needs to end.