Bighorn Visions: The Photography of Jessamine Spear Johnson by Tempe Javitz - WHA Winner 2024

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Bighorn Visions: The Photography of Jessamine Spear Johnson by Tempe Javitz - WHA Winner 2024Western Heritage Awards Wrangler Winner, Photography Book, 2024 Born in 1886 to pioneer parents on the eastern front of the Bighorn Mountains, Jessamine Spear Johnson would grow up to document many of the dramatic changes that this region would see over the next century. After first picking up a camera at the age of eleven, Johnson developed into a uniquely gifted artist, all while helping manage the family ranch. Through her photography, Johnson

represents “renewal and forbearance” in the heart of the Southwest deserts

Bowes paints a more accurate—and complicated—picture of American Indian history in the nineteenth century

Kachinas are masked and costumed dancers representing various spiritual and natural aspects of life

they exposed the inequalities integral to both the nation and the household

The molds can only be used a few times before they are ruined by the heat from the molten metal

The blackened background enhances the visual impact of the raised silver and gold elements

Steinke was awarded the Prix de West award in 1978 for printing Father and Daughter at the Crow Fair

presenting a new brand of tribal history made possible by the emergence of tribal communities’ own research centers and the resources afforded by the digital age

and he is the author of several books

At the heart of the stories are ideas that have become synonymous with the American dream---the frontier spirit

as a student Houser was fascinated by art from all over the world

the Saturday Evening Post

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