In Our Hands: Native Photography, 1890 to Now

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Enter into the vivid worlds of Native photography, as framed by generations of First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Native American photographers themselves. Presenting over 150 photographs of, by, and for Indigenous people, “In Our Hands” welcomes all to see through the lens held by Native photographers.​​

Organized by a council of primarily Native artists, scholars, and knowledge sharers, in partnership with Mia curators, this sweeping exhibition traces the intersecting histories of photography and diverse Indigenous cultures from the Rio Grande to the Arctic Circle. Beautiful, complex, and surprising, these artworks celebrate the legacy of groundbreaking photographers and their influence on the medium today.

 Credit: Overview from museum website

Image credit: Brian Adams (Iñupiaq, born 1985), Marie Rexford of Kaktovik, Alaska preparing Maktak for the Village’s Thanksgiving Day feast (detail), 2015, from the series I am Inuit Chromogenic print. Courtesy the artist © Brian Adams