Text and photographs © Asher Imtiaz

(2020-2023)

Currently working on a series of portraits of the indigenous peoples in the United States.

Somewhere in New Mexico, 2016

Minewewayahsing (Good sounding wind) from Ojibwe Native American tribe.

Lac du Flambeau, WI 2023

Apikwaakaamiigookwe (Little Arrow Lady) from Ojibwe Native American tribe.

Lac Du Flambeau, WI 2023

Inez Velarde at her church, St. Luke’s in the Desert, on the Navajo Nation reservation.
Huerfano, New Mexico 2020.

Navajo Nation near Huerfano, NM 2020

Navajo Nation 2020

Wacoginiga (Ojibwe)

Lac du Flambeau, WI 2023

Mkokwe (bear lady). Ojibwe from the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

Lac du Flambeau, WI 2023

Wasmokwe (little thunder lady), Ojibwe from the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

Lac du Flambeau, WI 2023

Néngigwas (glistening feather). Ojibwe from the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

Lac du Flambeau, WI 2023

Farmington, NM 2020

Fort Defiance Veterans Memorial Cemetery, AZ 2020