The "Shadow" of Ancestry
My very presence is the continuation of Chief Sharpened Stone — (Giishkiman Ajijaak) — my 6th great-grandfather's legacy. As a freelance photographer, I am on my personal journey to explore the feeling of being a descendant in a different land, using light and shadow to represent the connection to my roots, creating a visual language to honor my ancestors, and as a tribute to the same survival spirit that Keeshkemun — of the Crane Totem — showed when he established the Lac du Flambeau settlement in 1745.

