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Dear Lord- I had NO idea it was that much... or for that long!!! Another good idea, taken too far. Share the joy...

Portland, Oregon, artist Wendy Red Star uses photography as a basis for much of her work. I tend to think of her as primarily a photographer, though that is possibly not quite true. Her work is weirdly beautiful, though, and worth a look. See, for example, Apsáalooke Feminist.

It's a shame that James "The Amazing" Randi had to give most of his MacArthur Grant money to Uri Geller.

I would consider Wendy Red Star a photographer and does very interesting work.

Architectural professor Samuel Mockbee used his $500,000 MacArthur grant (2000) to further the work of the Rural Studio:

https://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Architect-Samuel-Mockbee-Spirit/dp/B07G9N2TV8

Re Wendy Red Star: "Mike replies: The zig-zag patterns of those backgrounds look a lot like AI, don't they?"

You're probably referring to "Apsáalooke Feminist". It's not AI, but digitized patterns based on Pendleton blankets, an example of machine-made "trade blankets" that were marketed to American Indians, and which largely replaced traditional Indian blankets.

But do check out Wendy's "straight" photography: the mini series "Four Seasons" and "Indian Woman Sitting" and the single "The Last Thanks" are (as far as I can tell) theatrical studio portraiture in the vein of Cindy Sherman, and at least one of those looks to be on large format film.

By the way, the girl in "Apsáalooke Feminist" is Beatrice Red Star Fletcher, Wendy's daughter and frequent collaborator, though she's also busy producing her own podcast. Future MacArthur fellow?

More about their collaborations: https://www.craftcouncil.org/post/qa-wendy-red-star-and-beatrice-red-star-fletcher

I hadn't known of manufactured trade blankets before seeing Wendy's work-- opportunistic marketing that American Indian communities came to embrace: https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/indian-woman-with-pendleton-blanket/

The Pendleton company is still in the business.

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