Exposure/Aftermath Exhibition: Wounded Knee

The Aftermath of Wounded Knee

Photographers: Chelsea Grayson, Ben Ross, Alisha Sett, Ben Taylor, Katja Torres, & Jonathan Wu
Sponsored by The Institute for Global Leadership / Exposure / The Program For Narrative & Documentary Practice 

This is a documentary photography project that focused on the aftermath of Wounded Knee and the return of the Black Hills. The photographs show different facets, both internal and external, of life on the Oglala Nation in South Dakota, specifically the Pine Ridge Reservation. These include the annual Bike Week in Sturgis representing the commercialization of the Black Hills, powwows (large cultural gatherings of various tribal communities in the area) in Pine Ridge, buffalo kills, the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre, the Badlands, and the daily life on the reservation are the visual narratives that we addressed in this project. This is a documentary photography project that focused on the aftermath of Wounded Knee and the return of the Black Hills. The photographs show different facets, both internal and external, of life on the Oglala Nation in South Dakota, specifically the Pine Ridge Reservation. These include the annual Bike Week in Sturgis representing the commercialization of the Black Hills, powwows (large cultural gatherings of various tribal communities in the area) in Pine Ridge, buffalo kills, the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre, the Badlands, and the daily life on the reservation are the visual narratives that we addressed in this project.