Venice, CA – On Tuesday, October 26, The G2 Gallery will premiere Native Lands: Jack Dykinga a photographic journey through the ancestral lands of nine North American tribes that are revitalizing the environment using traditional techniques.
The photographs featured in the exhibit are the focus of a
photo essay by author Charles Bowden in the August 2010 issue of National Geographic. The images and text speak of heritage and renewal, of what was and what is, and what the current generation of Native leaders hopes to preserve. Jack Dykinga’s seemingly timeless landscapes show the progress indigenous custodians have made in what was once degraded land. The images also serve as a commentary on land use and the importance—for all—of conserving our native lands for posterity.
The following tribal areas are explored in the exhibit: White Mountain Fort Apache Reservation (Arizona,) InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness (California,) Big Cypress Seminole Reservation (Florida,) Red Lake Ojibwe Chippewa (Minnesota,) Salish Kootenai Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness (Montana,) Sioux and Assiniboine Fort Peck Reservation (Montana,) Santa Clara Pueblo (New Mexico,) Nez Perce Precious Lands (Oregon,) Shoshone Arapahoe Wind River Roadless Area (Wyoming).
This exhibit coincides with Native American Heritage month. The opening reception will be held Friday, November 19, and Jack Dykinga will give a presentation on his work on Saturday, November 20.
About Jack Dykinga
Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Jack Dykinga (1971 Feature Photographer) is a photographer widely respected for his talent using a large-format film camera to photograph landscape. He is also known for his concern about environmental issues in both the American Southwest and Mexico. He has collaborated with Mexico’s Agrupación Sierra Madre to produce a book on the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, and in 2007 he illuminated the biological richness and variety of the protected areas along the Rio Grande River corridor for a National Geographic issue. Following this, Jack and four other photographers formed the first “Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition” (RAVE) for the International League of Conservation Photographers. To heighten awareness for the threatened surrounding area, they documented the El Triunfo cloud forest in Chiapas, Mexico. Jack is currently a board member for the Sonoran National Park Project, an organization that is helping create a bi-national park on the border of Arizona and Mexico.
