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Andy Levin is a photographer, teacher, and editor living in New Orleans, Louisiana. A contributing photographer with Life Magazine in the 90's, Levin moved to Louisiana a year before Hurricane Katrina from his native city of New York. A finalist for the Eugene Smith Prize in 2008, Levin is interested in the rights of the underclass, and the relationship between a changing environment and the economically challenged. Levin is the editor of the acclaimed internet photography journal 100eyes. His personal website is http://www.andylevin.com.

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Rebecca Drobis

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Grown up West: Children of the Blackfeet Reservation in NW Montana

 

I have spent the past three summers making portraits of kids on the Blackfeet Reservation to illustrate the emotional and visual experience of childhood in this extreme land of vast beauty, endless sky and harsh deprivation.

On the US-Canadian border, twelve miles from Glacier National Park, lies the remote Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The reservation is a tough place to grow up for white and native children who are subjected to grinding poverty, substandard schools and a dearth of opportunity. Many families and kids are affected by alcohol abuse, domestic violence, and parental absenteeism.

Most kids on the reservation must take care of younger siblings and themselves, burdened by the responsibilities of the adult world while still clinging to the playful adventurousness of youth.
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My photographs tell stories of this unique childhood. They explore the curiosity and wonder of the child-world, revealing experience through undaunted eyes. I seek to convey the connection between the vast, endless sky and the boundless imagination of these youth. At the same time, the tension and struggle of day-to-day survival on the reservation is laid bare.

Despite their circumstances, the children are strong, brave and resilient. They manifest tremendous independence and resourcefulness. This project is a window into their world; an exploration of the precarious balance between imaginative innocence and premature experience that defines childhood on the Blackfeet Reservation.

Rebecca Drobis is a professional photographer working in the Mid-Atlantic region. Rebecca started in photography as an assistant to Lauren Greenfield and was studied Fine Art at Duke University. She attended the Eddie Adams Workshop.
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