During his travels, Adrain Chesser met another group of hunter-gatherers by the name of Moira and Ray.
Moira and Ray own pack goats, which provide milk, meat, and company.
During his travels, Adrain Chesser met another group of hunter-gatherers by the name of Moira and Ray.
Moira and Ray own pack goats, which provide milk, meat, and company.
Meet the contemporary hunter-gatherers who live off the land in the American west
by Harrison Jacobs
https://www.businessinsider.com/adrain-chessers-photos-of-hunter-gatherer-americans-2014-5
In 2007, photographer Adrain Chesser went to a traditional Native American ceremony called the Naraya when he was having a tough time in the wake of his mother’s death.
While there, Chesser became acquainted with Finisia Medrano and J.P. Hartsong, who both lived as hunter-gatherers in the Great Basin, a part of the United States encompassing parts of Nevada, Utah, Oregon, and California.
“When I heard they were living this wild and free existence, my head exploded,” Chesser told me.
Chesser moved to Seattle so he could regularly visit the duo, who had begun to gather a group of people who were also committed to living a free existence in the wild. Before long, Chesser had spent six years following and documenting them and similar groups. Chesser says the experience changed his life.
With the help of Native American ritualist Timothy White Eagle, Chesser collected the work into a book called “The Return.” Chesser shared a number of the photos with us here, and you can see the rest in the book or at his website.
アメリカ版“狩りガール”? 西部の大地に暮らす現代の狩猟採集民たち
by Harrison Jacobs
https://www.businessinsider.jp/post-108627
2007年、母親が亡くなり、つらい時期を過ごしていた写真家アドレイン・チェッサーはネイティブ・アメリカンの伝統儀式「ナラヤ(Naraya)」を訪れた。
チェッサーはそこで、フィニシア・メドラーノ(Finisia Medrano)、J.P. ハートソング(J.P. Hartsong)と知り合った。2人ともネバダ州、ユタ州、オレゴン州、カリフォルニア州にまたがるエリア「グレートベースン」で狩猟採集をしながら暮らしていた。
「野性的で自由な生活を送っていると聞き、衝撃を受けた」とチェッサー。
チェッサーは、シアトルから引っ越し、2人のもとを定期的に訪れるようになった。2人は同じように自然の中で自由な生活を送りたいと望む人々とグループを作り始めていた。間もなくチェッサーは、2人を含む現代の狩猟採集民と行動をともにし、撮影を始めた。期間は6年におよんだ。この経験が自分の人生を変えたと彼は語った。
チェッサーは、ネイティブ・アメリカンの儀式の研究者ティモシー・ホワイト・イーグル(Timothy White Eagle)の協力を得て、その経験を写真集『The Return』にまとめた。彼がBusiness Insiderに提供してくれた写真から、いくつか紹介しよう。他の作品は写真集、または彼のウェブサイトで見ることができる。