Having worked on the Pine Ridge reservation many years ago, I met and came to respect many Sioux people and their shared tribal stories.
In “Manifest Destiny” I captured the photo of an aging Sioux warrior taped to a board wall along with actual newspaper ads drawn from the era hawking the sale of Indian lands, calling for Indian fighters and the remains of a slaughtered buffalo.
In “Manifest Destiny” I wanted to realize on paper the darkness that shrouded the meaning of those two words with the hope that future generations, no matter what the slogan or rhetoric, take the time to look behind the sound bite.
Signed and framed original.
Having worked on the Pine Ridge reservation many years ago, I met and came to respect many Sioux people and their shared tribal stories.
In “Manifest Destiny” I captured the photo of an aging Sioux warrior taped to a board wall along with actual newspaper ads drawn from the era hawking the sale of Indian lands, calling for Indian fighters and the remains of a slaughtered buffalo.
In “Manifest Destiny” I wanted to realize on paper the darkness that shrouded the meaning of those two words with the hope that future generations, no matter what the slogan or rhetoric, take the time to look behind the sound bite.