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Native North American Peoples - General & Miscellaneous, U.S. Travel Photography - West, American Poetry, Native North American Peoples - Art & Artifacts, Portrait Photography - General & Miscellaneous, Travel Pictorials, Native North American Peoples - A

Secrets from the Center of the World

by Joy Harjo, Stephen E. Strom
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Overview

"My house is the red earth; it could be the center of the world." This is Navajo country, a land of mysterious and delicate beauty. "Stephen Strom's photographs lead you to that place," writes Joy Harjo. "The camera eye becomes a space you can move through into the powerful landscapes that he photographs. The horizon may shift and change all around you, but underneath it is the heart with which we move." Harjo's prose poems accompany these images, interpreting each photograph as a story that evokes the spirit of the Earth. Images and words harmonize to evoke the mysteries of what the Navajo call the center of the world.

Synopsis

"My house is the red earth; it could be the center of the world." This is Navajo country, a land of mysterious and delicate beauty. "Stephen Strom's photographs lead you to that place," writes Joy Harjo. "The camera eye becomes a space you can move through into the powerful landscapes that he photographs. The horizon may shift and change all around you, but underneath it is the heart with which we move." Harjo's prose poems accompany these images, interpreting each photograph as a story that evokes the spirit of the Earth. Images and words harmonize to evoke the mysteries of what the Navajo call the center of the world.

About the Author, Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo is currently teaching at the University of California at Los Angeles.

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Book Details

Published
July 1, 1989
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Pages
75
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780816511136

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