Postcards From the Sun is a long term project reaching into the world of Viento Solar, a group in Northern Mexico that has been following the Native American Lakota Tradition since early 1981. I first met them in 2008.

I look at an indigenous tradition adopted by urbanites. Inipi (sweat lodge), Haŋbléčeyapi (commonly known as vision quest) and Sun Dance are part of a practice equally mystic as it is disciplined; it can be brutally hard on the body and just as generous with the spirit. People featured in this body of work are not shamans; they are teachers, electricians, accountants, janitors, engineers, marketing agents, workers and housewives. These are small town and city folk that have found a connection with the divine through an ancient practice they’ve made a constant in their lives.
A few short profiles of some of the 2021 Sun Dance attendees available here.