With this project I use my lens as a visual storyteller to express ideas around the interconnection of land, body and sense of belonging. I pull from traditional stories and ways of knowing to weave together the underlying meanings of my work; the Land remembers, the Water remembers and the Body remembers. This project reflects the consuming feeling of intergenerational trauma and systematic oppression; but also serves as a visual metaphor for the resilience found by reconnecting and reclaiming self through tradition and community.
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Isabella Dagnino, They Only Love Us When We Are Starving, 2021, Medium Format Photography
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Isabella Dagnino, They Only Love Us When We Are Starving, 2021, Medium Format Photography
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Isabella Dagnino, They Only Love Us When We Are Starving, 2021, Medium Format Photography
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Isabella Dagnino, They Only Love Us When We Are Starving, 2021, Medium Format Photography
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Isabella Dagnino, They Only Love Us When We Are Starving, 2021, Medium Format Photography
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Isabella Dagnino, They Only Love Us When We Are Starving, 2021, Medium Format Photography
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Isabella Dagnino, They Only Love Us When We Are Starving, 2021, Medium Format Photography
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Isabella Dagnino, They Only Love Us When We Are Starving, 2021, Medium Format Photography
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Isabella Dagnino, They Only Love Us When We Are Starving, 2021, Medium Format Photography
Isabella Dagnino, They Only Love Us When We Are Starving, 2021, Medium Format Photography
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Isabella Dagnino, Installation view of "They Only Love Us When We Are Starving", S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery October 5, 2021 - October 29, 2021
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Isabella Dagnino, Installation view of "They Only Love Us When We Are Starving", S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery October 5, 2021 - October 29, 2021
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Isabella Dagnino, Installation view of "They Only Love Us When We Are Starving", S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery October 5, 2021 - October 29, 2021
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Isabella Dagnino, Installation view of "They Only Love Us When We Are Starving", S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery October 5, 2021 - October 29, 2021