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THE BUFFALO THAT COULD NOT DREAM by Felix von der Osten

Delhi Photo Festival 2015

Delhi Photo Festival

Delhi Photo Festival
New Delhi, India

This project is about the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana, USA. It gives an Impression of the outcome of the 1851 Appropriations Act, that forced Native Americans into Reservations, with a focus on how and where they live, as well as their struggle trying to maintain their century old left culture.

Fort Belknap is the shared homeland to the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes, who were historically enemies, but were forced to live together. My project documents this community and shows a life and circumstances that most people don't know about. The project reflects on the people live on a Reservation, what they do and how they try to maintain their beautiful centuries-old dying culture in the white world of America. The project lets the viewer explore a 2.626,415 square kilo-meter area, as it is, with its rich history in the past and present.

Details

  • Title: THE BUFFALO THAT COULD NOT DREAM by Felix von der Osten
  • Creator: Delhi Photo Festival 2015
  • Photographer's site: www.vonderosten.de
  • Photographer: Felix von der Osten
  • About the Photographer: Felix von der Osten (b. 1989) is a documentary photographer from Germany. He is interested in social and cultural issues as well as analog large and medium format photography. In 2014, he attended the “The Language of Photojournalism” and “Advanced Visual Storytelling” courses at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Aarhus (DK). He currently lives between Cologne and Dortmund, where he will complete his Bachelor’s degree in 2016.
  • #DPF2015: The image featured here is from the above-mentioned work that will be shown at the Delhi Photo Festival 2015 from October 30 to November 8, 2015 at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), CV Mess, Janpath, New Delhi.

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