Families. All about it.

Portra 400. Pentax645.

Feed the People.

Leica. R4. 50mm Summicron. Portra 400.

Our grandmothers ground kwíila in these stones. Our food is key to our life. No$úun Lóoviq in the process.

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We Are Watching Over You

Leica R4. 50mm Summicron. Portra 800.

Shot on Rez when I was feelin all the feels.

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Place is so deeply important. Location location location they say. This is my reservation and all the magic I see there.

Ava Maternity

Pentax 645. Portra 400.

Drawing on the strength of our Mother.

Andam Family.

Birth is one of my favorite things to document.

a relationship

Portra 400 . Pentax645.

Kimki

Portra400. Pentax645.

Our western-most villages. deeply part of me. And now my children.

Qeshla

Pentax 645. Portra400.

Abalone Collection. Making relationship with each shell and each species. Red. Green. Black. White.

Free

Pentax 645. Portra 400.

One sunny winter day I took my kids to play in the wash puddles.

These two red tail hawks came to play with us.

This collection is about exploring the connection between our animals here and ourselves.

My relationship to the ocean is part of my earliest memories. I am always learning from it.

Hold It Together

Leica R4. HP5.

Mamiya 645. Portta 400

Home heals the breath.

The Great Oak

Flowers on Pechanga Rez

Leica R4. Mamiya ProTL 645. Portra 400.

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Sage.

Portra400. Pentax645.

I became a photographer in 2008 because I was sick of seeing the same imagery representing my home and people. Accessible images at that time were predominately 100 years old, a stereotype, and/or shot by a non-Native. I wanted to tell Our Story. I knew the joy and laughter of our community. I wanted that resilience to become the visible narrative. One of my life-long teachers once told me to “start at home” at that is what I did. Home on the land that made me. But also Home within myself.

This gallery represents the early years of unlocking that healing and medicine within myself.