I don't love studio work, but I accept the challenge. I want to try. I want to learn. I want to make the mistakes.
re+work
Author: Tenille Campbell
teacups and beadwork, lace and birch bark
A little bit of Indigenous magic. And I think it was from the stories and community that this session carried. Nothing I do comes without stories.
The Land Carries Stories
I don't remember the first time that my family went to the Falls. I'm sure there's another name for them - a Dene name - but that's what I've called them in my head, so that's what they remain for now. But I remember climbing forever, it seemed, and the dry pine needles on the… Continue reading The Land Carries Stories
Métis, baby.
Mom grew up on the Farm. The Farm is this magical piece of land located down the road from Batoche, across the river from the St. Laurent Pilgrimage, and we would spend lazy weeks in our youth there, as well as a Boxing Day.
Dreamcatchers and Sweetgrass
It was only years later that my work began exploring sexuality and sensuality in my chosen genres of photography and writing. I broke up with my long-term partner, and spent some time doing research, listening to people’s stories about their sweeties, and having my own experiences.
someday you’ll shine, and make them all blind…
So when she asked me to try again, I was nervous. Insecure. Give me a person to photograph, and I can rock it. Ask me to make a video, and I want to quickly yet quietly walk away. I was a photographer, not a videographer.
have camera, will shoot
In the last year, I finally feel like myself again. I look forward to the moments. I laugh more. I shoot more.
North.
Yet it's not "wild." It's not "untamed." This land, this land is alive. It is breathing.
Indigenous Summer, YXE Edition
While I don’t consider Saskatoon my home – that will always be the North – I am raising my daughter here, and I’m showing her the best that YXE has to offer. It’s been in part inspired by my friend Melody (a talented photographer based on the West Coast) – she makes it a… Continue reading Indigenous Summer, YXE Edition
Elicia and her Ignited Spirit – Mentoring
I am now looking for my brand. What I want my work to say about me. I learned so much in those three hours and I am forever grateful. I still have so much to learn but it's a start and it helped push me into the right direction.
tea&bannock 