{"product_id":"shelley-niro","title":"Shelley Niro","description":"Shelley Niro is widely known for her ability to explode myths, trans - gress boundaries and embody the ethos of her matriarchal culture  in a wide variety of mediums including photography, installation, film  and painting. Niro creates photographic series that emphasize the  medium's inherent capacity for narrative and representation. She  pushes the limits of photography by incorporating Mohawk imagery,  re-appropriating traditional stories such as  Skywoman  and  The  Peacemaker , and by focusing on contemporary subjects with wit,  irony and campy humor.\n\nNiro marries portraiture, performance art and satire by having her  subjects and herself perform for the camera in ways that gently invite  audiences to rethink their beliefs and preconceptions about indige - nous peoples and themselves. With compassion and deep insight, Niro  opens up the fault lines and desires of gender, sexuality and culture  to create images of freedom from the status quo in representation.  Photography was a medium that helped subjugate indigenous peoples,  but in Niro's revolutionary hands it empowers.\n\n'The invention of narrative is surprising and can take you places you  might not otherwise go... I give thanks to my ancestors everyday. I  connect with them through my own imagination. The forward thinking  of invention and the inclusion of the universe makes being a part of  this world doable and positive. Everyone has their own story.' -Shelley Niro","brand":"Steidl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42665559687204,"sku":"9783958294011","price":105.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9783958294011.jpg?v=1776900604","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/shelley-niro","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}