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Red earth below our feet, red earth surrounds us, Red earth fills foreign eyes with natural wonder*Over the course of three months in the summer of 2010 six photography undergrads documented their individual experiences in the heart of the Navajo Nation in Chinle, AZ. The photographers were invited onto the land and into the homes of the extended Yazzie family without question as they were traveling with one of their own, undergraduate photography and art history major, Tiffiney Yazzie who coordinated the trips. The group stayed deep on the reservation at the ranch side of the family land and was allowed to explore and see a side of the reservation and its monuments that is often inaccessible to outsiders. They were allowed to participate in daily tasks such as shearing sheep, and cooking out of a cooler with the only modern convenience at the second homestead, propane. They also partook in a meal that was personal and stirring for all of them, that of a freshly killed, skinned, and butchered sheep. This show is a culmination of the shared and individual experiences that each photographer had, a way to tell each of their own stories as a group. ______* Inspired by Laura Tohes Libretto Enemy Slayer
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River of Life
Hung Out to Dry
Fallen Friend
Like a Horse to Water
Urban Indian
Sustenance
Sheep's Last Supper
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Fins For Sharks Not For Soup
Like Tears From The Ocean
Blue But Not For You
Ocean Mother
Great White
These photomosaics are a personal response to the thoughtless actions we as humans make and continue to allow being made towards the life giving waters of the ocean. What becomes of a baby seal after it is clubbed? When will the dolphins stop dying in the gulf coast? Why do they need to kill hundreds of thousands of sharks to sell dried fins to a small portion of the population? When will civilized nations stop slaughtering majestic beasts just because they can?These photographs are made from over 1200 different images that have been appropriated from Google Image searches, the ICR Whale website (Japans "Cetation Research" website), Boycott Canada, Animal Planet, the National Marine Sanctuary Media Library and personal images from the Sea Shepherd Sea No Evil Art Show, I have gathered hundreds of pictures of whales, dolphins, blue fin tuna, Harp seals, sharks, The Glapagos Islands and their endangered inhabitants, the Ross Sea, the Southern Ocean, the Sea Shepherd crew and Captain Paul Watson. These are all images that relate to the causes Sea Shepherd fights for, and the gruesome deaths that they try to prevent.As Richard Dean Anderson said, "They are a fairly aggressive conservation organization that was started to protect the great whales particularly, but in general all marine life around the world. So those are the people I'm trying to attach my name to."
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About Teresa Valencia
Teresa is also interested in expanding her fine art portfolio. Working more in the "documentary" style she is part of a group that visited the reservation in Chinle, AZ near Canyon de Chelly (Pronounced Canyon de Shea) and photographed a family sheep farm out on one of the mesas. Life is simple and sweet and brought cartain thoughts, ideas, and ways of life to the forefront of our comfortably suburban lifestyles. Her portion of these photographs can be seen under Diné Bikéyah.
Teresa Valencia earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Arizona State University. She currently resides in Mesa, AZ persuing a career in the photography industry while working on an onging project involving the Arizona Derby Dames. She hopes to see that project culminate in an exhibition at one of the Alumni Galleries of ASU. Roller Derby is not her only concern these days as there is great civil unrest and termoil in her beolved state in regards to laws that are of a questionably racist nature and has been following the public outcry and protests against such targeted legislation.
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Elizabeth Teresa ValenciaTeresaValenciaPhoto_yahoo.comwww.wix.com/teresavalenciaphoto/tvpEducation2007 - 2010 Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ May 2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography 2003 - 2007 Mesa Community College | Mesa, AZMay 2005 CCL Drafting, specialization in AutoCADBusiness and Professional Work ExperienceOctober 2008 - Present Freelance\Event Photographer | Phoenix Area, AZMay 2008 - July 2008 Photography Intern Redux Pictures | New York, NYAugust 2003 - January 2004 Photographer Sears Portrait Studio | Mesa, AZSolo and Group Exhibitions (*solo sows marked by asterisk)UpcomingJune 2011 Sea No Evil Art show: An Art Benefit to Preserve & Protect the Oceans of the World, Riverside Municipal Auditorium, Riverside, CASeptember 2011 Dine BIkeyah: Familiar Views, Foreign Eyes, Onley Gallery, Phoenix, AZPast2010 ASU Student Photographers Association 5th Annual Silent Auction and Exhibition, First Studio, Phoenix, AZ2010 Dine BIkeyah: Familiar Views, Foreign Eyes, Herberger Advising Office, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ2010 Dine BIkeyah: Familiar Views, Foreign Eyes, Business Administration C-600, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ2010 Dine BIkeyah: Familiar Views, Foreign Eyes, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ2010 Sea No Evil Art show: An Art Benefit to Preserve & Protect the Oceans of the World, Riverside Municipal Auditorium, Riverside, CA2010 Exposure: A BFA Photographic Exhibition, Gallery 100, Tempe, AZ2010 Quiet Passions, Art One, Scottsdale, AZ2009 *Images from Israel, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ2009 A Million Little Pictures, Art House Co-op, San Francisco, CA2009 A Million Little Pictures, Art House Co-op, Atlanta, Georgia 2007 Gallery Exhibition: Juried Photography from College Students Throughout the State, Phoenix College Fine Arts Gallery, Phoenix, AZBibliography (Reviews/Articles/Published Photographs)Sept 17 2010 Students’ Photo Exhibit Shows Reservation Life, Tempe Republic, The Arizona Republic,Sept 15 2010. Native Art: Student photo exhibit documents Navajo life, Front page, The State PressSept 14 2010 ASU students document life on the Navajo Reservation, Navajo-Hopi ObserverSept 9, 2010 Photography majors experience life on Navajo reservation, ASU News [Business, Culture and Affairs],Aug 24, 2010 Diné Bikéyah: Familiar views, Foreign Eyes, photo gallery, Untitled 34, ASU News [Business, Culture and Affairs],Aug 24 2010 Photography exhibit points lens at Navajo Nation, ASU News [Business, Culture and Affairs]July 28, 2010 Sea Shepherd’s “Sea No Evil” Activist Art Show, What I Believe in, What I Try to Prevent, TreeHugger.comJuly 26, 2010 “Sea No Evil” Exhibition, What I Believe in, What I Try to Prevent, Huck MagazineConferences2011 Society of Photographic Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA Professional Organizations2010 - Present Member, Society of Photographic Education 2010 - Present Member, Society of Photographic Education, Women’s Caucus 2010 - Present Member, Society of Photographic Education, Multicultural Caucus 2010 - Present Event Coordinator, ASU Student Association of Photographers 2007 - Present Member, ASU Student Association of Photographers
