"You don't look native to me"

Once in a while, the community blog features articles about interesting bodies of work.  Today, it's about the work of Maria Sturm, explained as such:

"Since 2011, photographer Maria Sturm has documented the people of Pembroke. Here, identity doesn’t have to do with how you look. Instead, it comes from a deeper understanding of lineage and history. As a storyteller, Sturm is primarily interested in the youth of Pembroke, who are in the throes of constructing their own path to self-definition. Her resulting series, “You don’t look Native to me”, is an investigation into our antiquated criteria for constructing identity. In Sturm’s photographs of people, places and interiors, she works to unravel our misconceptions of Native American identity in particular, questioning how we absorb stereotypes as fact."

Check it out and let us know what you think!

Photo by Maria Sturm
Blog post by Michele (aka alsacienne)