One Woman's quest to photograph every Federally Recognized Native American Tribe
10 Remarkable Portraits of Native America from Project 562
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10 Remarkable Portraits of Native America from Project 562
With Project 562, photographer Matika Wilbur aims to document every federally-recognized tribe in the United States, and she has just secured funding for Phase II of her project (thanks in no small part to a post on the mega-popular website Upworthy ).
As she explains at the Project 562 Kickstarter page (which will continue to accept donations through February 21) Wilbur hopes the massive undertakingwill "serve to educate the nation and shift the collective consciousness toward recognizing our own indigenous communities." She goes on:
Imagine walking through an exhibit and realizing the complex variety of contemporary Native America. Imagine experiencing a website or book, that offered insight into every Tribal Nation in the United States. What if you could download previously untold histories and stories from Apaches, Swinomish, Hualapai, Northern Cheyenne, Tlingit, Pomo, Lumbee, and other first peoples? What if you had heard those stories in grade school?
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About 1,200 backers have pledged money to Project 562 as of this writing; donations range from copy to $5,000. In return, they're receiving everything from stickers to a photo session with Wilbur; many of them will be getting reward items from the line of clothing noted Native designer Bethany Yellowtail has created to celebrate the project. You can learn more about all of this at the Kickstarter page or Matika Wilbur's official site .
Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/gallery/photo/10-remarkable-portraits-native-america-project-562-153484
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Dear Friend Kavika: Noble Quest.
I wish her well in it.
E.
She's an amazing photographer. Beautiful pictures...as is she!
Thanks for sharing, Kavika!
Thank you Uppy for leading me in her direction.
Thanks Enoch. There are now 567 Federally Recognized tribes...She'll have to add 5 more to her list.
She's at over 250 tribes now RW, still a long way to go, but what a great project.
Great use of grayscale and minimally saturated tonality; the use of chiaroscuro adds power to the inherently powerful/compelling subjects.
A+
All very true RW.
Mac, I have no idea what any of that means, except for the A+, and I'll go with that.
Sorry for not being more clear.
The reference to grayscale is the use of shades of black and white (approximately 256 gradations from white (0% black) to black (100%) and all of the shades of gray in-between. The images with color are minimally so very desaturated almost to the point of grays. The color is more "felt," more sensed than "seen".
Chiaroscuro refers to the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting an effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something. When used effectively, it creates an intense, highly-contrasty image.
Although I prefer B&W in many of my favourite photos, in some of the portraits for this article I think I would have liked them to be in colour - for example the Crown Dancer (having seen the magnificent colours in another article posted on this site). However, I'll enjoy the photo of Star Flower any which way it's presented.
Got it, thanks Mac.
She really is a striking women, Buzz.
Very nice photos and very admirable goal. And she is very striking as well.
When she completes the project, it should be really interesting. Thus far her photos, IMO, are very good.
Yup, she is a beautiful women Six.
Cool video. She's vivacious and dedicated. This is a huge project. I hope she gets it done. I'd love to see the photos.
When it's finished it should be a spectacular, Grump.