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Carmelita "Carm" Little Turtle is a Navajo photographer born in Santa Maria, California, 4 June 1952. She is known for producing/photography with Shenandoah Films in Arcata, California from 1980 to 1983. She currently works from her home in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her work engages with gender relations and women's rights. Little Turtle uses photography, often humorously, to explore personal relationships between women and men. Her photography is known for bringing impossible moments to life, which give reality to her imagination. She creates a multitude of worlds in a Southwestern landscape that acts as a backdrop to the dynamics of interpersonal relationships. Little Turtle has published both a book and several articles in her work. She wrote ''I Stand in the Center of the Good''. Little Turtle attended the Navajo Community College, graduating in 1978. She also attended the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, where she studied photography. Additionally, she studied photography at the College of the Redwoods, Eureka, California. She first began schooling in order to become a nurse before deciding to become an artist. Her first exhibition was in 1982 at the Hardwood Foundation in Taos, New Mexico. She has been a part of both individual and group exhibitions. Her first group exhibition was also in 1982. Titled ''Native Americans Now'', it was located at the American Indian Museum in Santa Rosa, California. Many of the exhibitions she participated in were based around or about the Native American theme. Her exhibitions ran up to 1996. Her work is seen in several collections. These include: The Center for Creative Photography, The Heard Museum, the Southwest Museum, the Southern Planes Indian Museum, and the Western Arts American Library. She was awarded the Western States Arts Federation Fellowship in 1993. ==References== # Hillstrom, Laurie Collier, and Kevin Hillstrom. "Carm, Little Turtle." Contemporary Women Artists. Detroit: St. James, 1999. 405-06. Print. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carmelita Little Turtle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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