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merry christmas from the rez
I’d wanted to get this up sooner but I had a heck of a time getting the images + video to upload from the rez. I had to wait until I went to town (Flagstaff) to use a faster service. Anyway, in the spirit of festiveness… Christmas lights in the sheep…
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baa, baa black sheep…
Last month I had an opportunity to get this quickie up at the old Wauneta Trading Post. Man, a quick Google search reveals that this place had quite the reputation as “the” spot for bootleggers on the rez to get large quantities of beer back in the day. We had big rains in October. …
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NPR’s Morning Edition “Listen” ad
npr’s new “fully awake” ads: http://www.adweek.com/creativity/nprs-new-ads-promise-to-help-you-become-fully-awake-to-the-truth/ full 30 second spot: Discussion from Facebook with my friend and activist Lane Hall regarding working with commercial entities and the dangers one may not have considered in contributing to the society of the spectacle… Lane Hall I love your work – the roadside stands, the water towers, homages to…
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Broken Boxes Podcast Show – Santa Fe, NM
From the Form + Concept website regarding the Broken Boxes Podcast show Broken Boxes features the art and ideas of over 40 visual artists, filmmakers, sound artists, activists, performance artists and community organizers from around the world who are effecting change through their work. The show is co-curated by Ginger Dunnill and Cannupa Hanska Luger, and all invited…
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full circle
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2011 eu amo o brasil! big shout out to raul zito, photographer and wheat paste artist in sao paulo, brasil. i’ve been following his work on various street art blogs and learned through flickr he’s been following mine as well. here’s an example of his work in sao paulo. he and…
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American Domain
Humanist and documentary photographer Dan Budnik is best known for his black and white photography from the civil rights era. It was Dan’s photo of Dr. King that appeared on the cover of Time magazine when Dr. King was assassinated. After covering the civil rights movement from 1964 – 66 Dan gradually made his way…
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hózhó
Dan Budnik is a Flagstaff based photographer who first came to this region in the 70s to photodocument forced relocation of Navajos living on “Hopi Partition Land” on Black Mesa. It was his documentation of the conflict that led to the 1985 Academy Award winning documentary “Broken Rainbow” which examines coal exploitation and the origins of…
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gamma goat to the rescue
The Navajo nation has an unemployment rate at about 50%. While the tribe is pursuing investment and job opportunities much of the land under consideration for development is contaminated with uranium from over 500 uncapped mines which deters businesses from investing. The companies who abandoned the mines in the 60s + 70s when the price and demand…
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good stuff going down
new times interview before the show at chartreuse contemporary gallery in phoenix is here! stay tuned! stickers and a screen print of this image of stephanie on j. r.’s house from 2010 will be coming out soon.
