![Raphael Begay aims to bring the Indigenous creations seen in distant cities to the Navajo Nation with what he has dubbed “cultural landscape photography,” photos taken when he walks around the land. Photo Credit: Raphael Begay](/images/resized/images/news/2016/407_jan20/5_100_100.jpg)
Raphael Begay curates show featuring five Diné artists
Raphael Begay is of the Honágháahnii, Kin łichii’nii, Tábaahí, and Áshíí hí tribes. Honágháahnii is literally translated as “one who walks around,” and that’s exactly what Begay does with his camera. He calls what he does “cultural landscape photography.”
Begay grew up in Hunters Point, Ariz. He now lives in Window Rock, Ariz.
In an interview with the Sun, he shared the story of how he became interested in photography. He was involved in his middle school’s newspaper, and the photography instructor gave the students the opportunity to exhibit a piece. They were told to shoot something that they found...