Strong Hearts:
Native American Visions and Voices
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Aperture

This kaleidoscopic range of photographs -- the first comprehensive collection of contemporary Native American photography -- explores Native American Indian culture from within. The photographers here image a world that, until recently, has been depicted almost exclusively by non-Native people. In Strong Hearts, popular visions of American Indians are challenged by artists and writers for whom self-representation is often as much a political as an artistic statement. One hundred and twenty-five images by thirty-four Native American photographers are complemented by poetry that echoes ancient storytelling traditions. It offers rare insight into complex questions of personal identity, race, politics, family, and society.