Our Voices, Our Land
1987 Prisma Award for Editorial Photography
"Our Voices, Our Land touches the core of Native American language to produce a poetry of infinite expression. The exquisite photographs and text become a language of the heart." —Rain Parrish (Navajo), New Mexico Magazine
"For those whose imaginations have remained untouched by anthropological descriptions of Native American culture, this book may provide the key to a sympathetic understanding." —Almanac
"...a visually and emotionally stunning compilation of American photography. One experiences not only the pride of these people but also their turmoil and struggle to live in two worlds today. Trimble captures this brilliantly... " —takegreatpictures.com
The 1984 AV presentation, *Our Voices, Our Land*, captured the hearts of visitors to The Heard Museum in Phoenix. Native Americans applauded it. This book captures the essence of the project: an emotionally overwhelming collage of faces, landscape, and words.
These voices come from ten tribes in Arizona and northern New Mexico: elders, teenagers, medicine women, artists, tribal chairmen, and teachers—a cross-section of contemporary Indian people of the Southwest. They speak about everything of concern in their lives: the past, the present, and the future. In doing so, they eloquently communicate their complexity, vitality, and grace.
The land is here, too, from Monument Valley to the Sonoran Desert, from the Rio Grande Pueblo villages to the Grand Canyon. Photographers Stephen Trimble and Harvey Lloyd capture the power of the southwestern landscape and the spirit of its native peoples. Carefully chosen black-and-white historical photos provide contrast and perspective. In short essays, Lloyd describes the genesis of the show, and Trimble shares stories from his summer on the road, gathering these intimate words in recorded interviews.
(Northland Publishing, 1986)
