Portraits, Snowflakes, And Chandeliers #13
Looking at photos of Native Americans by William S.Curtis and at National Geographic photos of warriors from the island of Nias, we noticed the similarities in imagery used in the masks and totems made by indigenous peoples, and the masks and faces that appear in our work. It seemed like they could see the very same things that we capture. They looked at trees, rocks, sand – all the things that have not changed – and completed the image, closed the circle and mirrored the faces to make visible the spirits they believed in. The story that says that Native Americans designed their totem poles and masks by lying down on their side next to a pond and gazing at the reflection of the trees in the still water.
