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Vincent van Gogh - Roses, 1890 (detail), oil on canvas

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Otto Soglow Cover Design for ‘New Masses - Vol.8, No.5′ December 1932.

(via eBay)

appalachianbitch

this has been queued up since March

trulyvincent

Andrew Wyeth (American 1917-2009)

makkleyn

“Life is confusing, like one day you’re the happiest person alive and tomorrow you hate everyone and everything for no logical reason”

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“Lighten Up” by Ronald Wimberly

Beautifuly written- and drawn.

brittlife

Damn. Really powerful and beautifully drawn.

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A very beautiful image of these smiley blackfoot. It seemed everything was alright…

Photograph by Mary T. S. Schaffer in 1907.

tate-iyohiwin

I just love how humanizing this is, it’s the first time I’ve seen us not depicted as the stoic archetype of this period

tsoki

Pictured here are Sampson, Frances Louise, and Leah Beaver who actually were very close friends with the photographer and were regular subjects of her work. It’s amazing what happens when you view us as people rather than museum objects - you capture us as people, as friends, as lovers, as parents rather than the stoic image of genocide and colonialism in-progress.

If you’re interested in learning more about female photographers and how they aided in representing native peoples through positive representation and ethical photography, I would suggest reading “Trading Gazes.” Mary T.S. Schaffer and other influential female photographers, and friends, of native peoples are given some much-needed recognition in this book while also discussing the white woman’s place in our genocide and colonization.