Cara Romero, Arla Lucia
Cara Romero
1977-
Chemehuevi
Date
2019
Medium Specific
Archival pigment print
Edition / State
2/25
Classification
Photograph
Dimensions
22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)Framed: 30 x 23 3/4 in. (76.2 x 60.3 cm)
Accession Number
2019.25.10.42
Credit
Membership Fund acquisition
Memo / Artist Statement
Arla Lucia (Seneca-Cayuga and Shoshone-Bannock & Blackfoot). I am so honored to work with Arla Marquez on this series for 2019 Indian Market. She is fierce! She gives me hope and is a nod to all the warrior women in Indian Country on the frontlines and protectors of life and home and culture.
Many thanks to Jamie Okuma and Keri Ataumbi/Ataumbi Metals for the gifts of collaboration to indigenize our shero. Make up by Povi Monster Romero and set assists by @santa_fe_photo_studio.
Many thanks to Jamie Okuma and Keri Ataumbi/Ataumbi Metals for the gifts of collaboration to indigenize our shero. Make up by Povi Monster Romero and set assists by @santa_fe_photo_studio.
Biography
Born in Inglewood, CA in 1977, Romero was raised on the Chemehuevi Valley Indian reservation along the California shoreline of Havasu Lake in the heart of the Mojave Desert, and later, Houston, TX, and Santa Fe, NM.
Romero’s work reflects her diverse training in film, digital, fine art, journalism, editorial portraiture and commercial photography. She has won several awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market, Heard Indian Market and the “Visions for the Future“ award from the Native American Rights Fund.
Romero’s work reflects her diverse training in film, digital, fine art, journalism, editorial portraiture and commercial photography. She has won several awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market, Heard Indian Market and the “Visions for the Future“ award from the Native American Rights Fund.
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