Wilson, Will, 1969-
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1969
Biography
Will Wilson (1969- ), Native American photographer and a citizen of the Navajo Nation.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Auto Immune Response
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos Folio 220
Abstract:
Inkjet prints of photographic images created by Will Wilson for his series, Auto Immune Response (AIR), 2004-2021.In an artist's statement for the series, Wilson writes that it "takes as its subject the quixotic relationship between a post-apocalyptic Diné (Navajo) man and the devastatingly beautiful, but toxic environment he inhabits," and that "the series is an allegorical investigation of the extraordinarily rapid transformation of...
Dates:
2004-2021
Connecting the Dots: For a Just Transition
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos Folio 221
Abstract:
Inkjet prints of photographic images created by Will Wilson for his series, Connecting the Dots: For a Just Transition, 2019-2021.
In an artist's statement for the series, Wilson writes that it "intends to shape a platform for voices of resilience, Indigenous knowledge and restorative systems of remediation while bearing witness to a history of environmental damage and communal loss on the Navajo Nation."
Dates:
2019-2021
Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange Collection
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos Folio 184
Abstract:
Portraits created by Will Wilson of Native American artists, arts professionals, and leaders as well as others, 2012-2020. He generally makes his portraits at public venues at which people are given the opportunity to sit. Wilson created the images using a wet plate collodion process that produced tintypes on sheets of aluminum. He then gave the tintypes to the sitters after he created high-resolution digital scans of the objects. The arrangement of the collection gathers the portraits by...
Dates:
2012-2020