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STANDING ROCK STANDING STRONG

Guest: Josué Rivas 

By Josué Rivas

Josué Rivas knew his journey through storytelling had come to a turning point.  First Nations (Mexica and Otomi) documentary photographer, cinematographer, film director, Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellow, an idea came to him: preventive storytelling.  What could that mean?  What would it look like? How might he build bridges and break down the walls of colonization through storytelling?   

As US government-backed Dakota Access Pipeline proponents wreaked havoc on Indigenous peoples, their lands, sensibilities, and on Nature herself, Rivas was on the scene as witness and participant; demonstrator and Water Protector.   The experience endangered his life.  It also marked what he calls his “year of awakening.”  

He’s since received the FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo for STANDING STRONG, his stunning and haunting photographic book on the events at Standing Rock.

More about Josué Rivas:

Book, STANDING STRONG

Winner, FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo

First edition available here

"Standing Rock:

The Power of Telling Our Own Story


TedTalk: TEDx Rapid City

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