New Native Photography, 2011
Jinniibaah Manuelito, "Shiprock Fair," 2009, from the series "Diné Freedom"
New Native Photography, 2011
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List of Participating Artists(19)
Andrea Ashkie (Diné)
Pena Bonita (Apache/Seminole)
Waddie CrazyHorse (Cochiti Pueblo)
Dayna Danger (Metis Ojibway)
Beckie Etukeok (Inupiaq/Tlingit)
John Feodorov (Diné)
Peggy Fontenot (Potawatomi/Patawomeck/Cherokee)
Shan Goshorn (Eastern Cherokee)
Maria Hupfield - (Anishnaabe Ojibway)
Jack Johnson (Potawatomi/Menominee/Kickapoo/Cherokee/Seminole)
Jinniibaah Manuelito (Diné)
Mihio Manus - (Diné/Cherokee/ Omaha)
Da-ka-xeen Mehner (Tlingit)
Kimowan Metchewais (Cree)
Vicki Monks (Chickasaw)
Beverly Singer (Tewa/Navajo)
Valentina Sireech (Northern Ute)
Richard Ray Whitman (Yuchi)
Tiffiney Yazzie (Diné)
New Native Photography features nineteen Native photographers representing various United States federally recognized tribes, pueblos, and First Nations tribes.
Distinguished artists and educators Larry McNeil and Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, along with the museum's curator of photography, Katherine Ware, selected the works.
Photographs from more than thirty applicants were evaluated on the basis of vision, technical execution, and cohesiveness as a body of images, with consideration given to images offering a fresh expression of Native experience.
The diversity of work speaks to the richness of Native experience, with photographs ranging from portraiture and landscape to staged, constructed, and mixed media. Funding for New Native Photography was generously provided by Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser; Andrew Smith Gallery; Michael and Jane Wilson,Wilson Centre for Photography; Henry and Connie Christensen III;Paul Sack; James and Linda Ballinger; Alfred Bush; and Joan Myers.