Zoë and Violet
"The black and white feathers on the cape wrapped around my daughter and I represent the eagle, as I am Eagle Clan, and in Tlingit matrilineal tradition, the children become members of their mothers Clan. We sit surrounded by the roots of the tree, as if it's a safety blanket around us both. This reflects the importance of our deep ties to each other and symbolizes the family tree from which we come, always providing protection. We are looking up and out in wonder of the journey ahead, the comfort and stillness of the pose suggests that any path taken, mother and child are always rooted in each other. Shortly after my daughter was born, I buried her placenta, also known as the tree of life, under a cedar tree on a winter night under the moonlight near the ocean where I live. The purpose was to ceremoniously enjoin her to Mother Earth and to ground her spirit in this plane." Zoe Urness
Zoe Marieh Urness is an award-winning Alaskan Tlingit photographer whose work focuses on Indigenous communities. Drawing on her own childhood experience growing up with her traditional Tlingit culture, Urness is deeply passionate in sharing Indigenous narratives.
Zoe received her Bachelor of Arts from Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA and has presented work at Art Basel Miami, The Heard Market, the Santa Fe Indian market, and included in Mia’s exhibition Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists. She has also had exhibitions abroad in the United Kingdom as well as a traveling show in Russia. Urness is the recipient of the 2022 Sony Alpha Female+ grant, in support of her project, Indigenous Motherhood.
-Hahnemühle printing paper
-Clearly defined felt structure
-Matt premium inkjet coating
-Museum quality for highest age
Zoë and Violet
"The black and white feathers on the cape wrapped around my daughter and I represent the eagle, as I am Eagle Clan, and in Tlingit matrilineal tradition, the children become members of their mothers Clan. We sit surrounded by the roots of the tree, as if it's a safety blanket around us both. This reflects the importance of our deep ties to each other and symbolizes the family tree from which we come, always providing protection. We are looking up and out in wonder of the journey ahead, the comfort and stillness of the pose suggests that any path taken, mother and child are always rooted in each other. Shortly after my daughter was born, I buried her placenta, also known as the tree of life, under a cedar tree on a winter night under the moonlight near the ocean where I live. The purpose was to ceremoniously enjoin her to Mother Earth and to ground her spirit in this plane." Zoe Urness
Zoe Marieh Urness is an award-winning Alaskan Tlingit photographer whose work focuses on Indigenous communities. Drawing on her own childhood experience growing up with her traditional Tlingit culture, Urness is deeply passionate in sharing Indigenous narratives.
Zoe received her Bachelor of Arts from Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA and has presented work at Art Basel Miami, The Heard Market, the Santa Fe Indian market, and included in Mia’s exhibition Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists. She has also had exhibitions abroad in the United Kingdom as well as a traveling show in Russia. Urness is the recipient of the 2022 Sony Alpha Female+ grant, in support of her project, Indigenous Motherhood.
-Hahnemühle printing paper
-Clearly defined felt structure
-Matt premium inkjet coating
-Museum quality for highest age