A landmark photography collection featuring work exclusively by Indigenous Americans, this unprecedented book spans time, geography, and genre to shed new light on the understanding of Indigenous America and showcase fresh visual languages.
Bringing together Indigenous photography from across the entire Americas, from the 19th century to the present, In Light and Shadow presents over 250 photographs by 80 individuals and collectives—from fine artists to family chroniclers to conservationists to yearbook staff to political groups—and each entry includes text exploring the relationships between the images and their makers.
In Light and Shadow is an essential book that reshapes, transforms, and reframes the biased narrative of our existence in the Americas . . . a collection of our own photographers embodying the humor, spirit, pain, beauty, and love of our own people
Sterlin Harjo, filmmaker and 2024 MacArthur Fellow
Published by Black Dog & Leventhal/Hachette Book Group, 2025
Cover photograph by Citlali Fabián
Design by Bonnie Briant
Contributing authors Tiffany Midge, Cinthya Santos Briones, Jennifer Natalie Fish, Samantha Reinders
Hardcover
8.5 x 10″
304 pages
250 color and b/w images
ISBN-13: 9780762482467