Speaking with Light.

Contemporary Indigenous Photography. Contributions by Paul Chaat Smith, Jennifer Denetdale, Jolene Rickard and Mishuana Goeman. Edited by John Rohrbach and Will Wilson. Introduction by Patricia Norby.

Radius Books/Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 2022. 224 pp., 90 illustrations, 11½x13".

Reclaiming the narrative: a major new examination of contemporary Indigenous photography across the US.

This groundbreaking project summarizes how contemporary Indigenous photographers have taken over the conversation about how their cultures and lives are depicted through their dynamic embrace of three interwoven themes: Survivance, Nation and Indigenous Visuality. These photographers enact a key shift away from privileging settler-colonialism, foregrounding instead an Indigenous sense of community and visuality. Speaking with Light reveals and examines these Indigenous artists’ explorations of themes such as identity, the contribution of customary practice to contemporary life, belonging and the assistance that Indigenous worldviews can provide to building healthier relationships with each other and the earth.

The book comprises four sections bridged by transitions and ending with a globalization of the discussion. Texts by key Indigenous scholars are followed by a series of plates illustrating many of the exhibition works. Speaking with Light is a summary statement about the preoccupations and dynamism of Indigenous photography today.

Artists and photographers include: Nicholas Galanin, Sky Hopinka, Zig Jackson, Kapulani Landgraf, Dylan McLaughlin, Alan Michelson, Shelley Niro, Jolene Rickard, Wendy Red Star, Cara Romero, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie and Sarah Sense.

Cat# DU453H Hardbound $275.00 (978-1-955161-04-6)
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