Zen Lefort

Name: Zen Lefort
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783775753265
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Indian Land

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Since 2016, French documentary photographer Zen Lefort has journeyed across Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and South Dakota, immersing himself in the lives of Native Americans. His series Indian Land sensitively captures the stories and contemporary culture of the Navajo and Lakota tribes, while bearing witness to their rituals, political struggles, and the lasting impact of a violent history. A highlight is his documentation of the Standing Rock protests, the largest gathering in Native American history, which symbolised resistance and the defence of Indigenous sovereignty.
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Format: Hardback

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Description

Since 2016, French documentary photographer Zen Lefort has gone on road trips from Arizona to New Mexico, crossed Utah, Colorado, and South Dakota. Living with and documenting the life of Native Americans, he witnessed the largest gathering in Native American history: the Standing Rock protests against a Dakota pipeline project—a demonstration of resistance in both a defence of Indigenous sovereignty and cultural preservation.

His series Indian Land is a sensitive and honest engagement with the lives of North America's indigenous peoples today. Members of the Navajo and Lakota tribes relate their story to Lefort, and paint a picture of indigenous life in the reservation, their persisting rituals, and their contemporary culture. Thus, the volume draws a portrait that bears traces of a violent history and tells of political struggles by unequal means.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783775753265

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 October 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hatje Cantz

Illustration: 75 Illustrations

Contributors:

Text by Wanbli Weiden
Designed by Studio Mitsu
Text by David Heska
Text by Cyrus Norcross

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 700g

Pages: 176

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Born in Corse, ZEN LEFORT (*1993) started working as a photographer's assistant in Paris at the age of 17. Documenting the conflict in Central Africa in 2014 and later the Maïdan revolution and the war in Eastern Ukraine as a press photographer, he has devoted himself to longer term projects since 2016. He spent six years in the United States documenting the lives of Native Americans, and lived several months immersed in Indian reservations.