Heber Springs Portraits

Continuity and Change in the World Disfarmer Photographed

University of New Mexico Press 1996

I photographed and interviewed the people of Heber Springs, Arkansas for two years in order to explore the continuity and changes within this rural community, by comparing and contrasting my contemporary images with the body of portraits created by Mike Disfarmer who operated a portrait studio on Main Street in Heber Springs in the 30's and 40's.  These images will chronicle the influence of economic, social and political development since Disfarmer's time, and how these influences have brought changes to the people and community of Heber Springs.more

Pueblo Artists

Portraits

The Museum of New Mexico Press 1998

Pueblo Artists is a photographic survey of American Indian artists and artisans in the Pueblos of New Mexico and the Hopi villages of Arizona showing traditional, centuries-old techniques together with the artistic vision of contemporary Native Americans. The photographs endeavor to demonstrate the relationship between the historic and the contemporary, and how they coexist. more

Haudenosaunee

Portraits of The Firekeepers, The Onondaga Nation

Syracuse University Press 1999

The Onondaga in Upstate New York is one Tribe of the Iroquois Six Nations Confederacy; the others are the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and the Tuscarora.

When I approached the Onondaga Nation with my plans for a historical visual documentation project, I felt honored that the Council of Chiefs granted me permission to be on their Territory and photograph the people.  And I feel equally honored that I was given use of their old Longhouse, which is filled with beautiful light, in order to make the portraits.  The Longhouse is used for Tribal meetings and performing ceremonies, which include traditional singing and dancing. more