A Space of Unfinished Histories
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.
St. Luke’s in the Desert, is a tiny stone church on a sagebrush-dotted hill overlooking an austere, sunbaked landscape. It is the church of Inez Velarde, a 68-year old lay leader, and friend to all in need. If anyone needs help in this barren land 30 miles southeast of Farmington, they know to tell Velarde. Her connections make it happen.
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