Posted on Apr 28, 2023
Photographer's decade-long, 600,000-mile journey shows Indigenous life in new book
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Photographer Matika Wilbur was tired of seeing one-dimensional, insipid, degrading depictions of Native Americans in mainstream media and popular culture. So in 2012, Wilbur, who is of Swinomish and Tulalip descent, decided to create her own catalog of images.
She sold everything in her Seattle apartment and, with Kickstarter backing, headed out on the road, cameras in hand. Her goal: To illustrate Native Americans' diversity and complexity by photographing members of all of the then-562 federally-recognized U.S. tribes.
Photographer Matika Wilbur was tired of seeing one-dimensional, insipid, degrading depictions of Native Americans in mainstream media and popular culture. So in 2012, Wilbur, who is of Swinomish and Tulalip descent, decided to create her own catalog of images.
She sold everything in her Seattle apartment and, with Kickstarter backing, headed out on the road, cameras in hand. Her goal: To illustrate Native Americans' diversity and complexity by photographing members of all of the then-562 federally-recognized U.S. tribes.
Photographer's decade-long, 600,000-mile journey shows Indigenous life in new book
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel did they ever get screwed... and some want to bitch about our border... get a life...
..."Matika Wilbur
Photographer's decade-long, 600,000-mile journey shows Indigenous life in new book | New Hampshire Public Radio Matika Wilbur was tired of seeing one-dimensional, insipid, degrading depictions of Native Americans in mainstream media and popular culture. So she did something about it.
Photographer's decade-long, 600,000-mile journey shows Indigenous life …"...
..."Matika Wilbur
Photographer's decade-long, 600,000-mile journey shows Indigenous life in new book | New Hampshire Public Radio Matika Wilbur was tired of seeing one-dimensional, insipid, degrading depictions of Native Americans in mainstream media and popular culture. So she did something about it.
Photographer's decade-long, 600,000-mile journey shows Indigenous life …"...
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