In the Fifth World: Portrait of the Navajo Nation [Paperback]

ADRIEL HEISEY (Author), Kenji Kawano (Author)

Book Description

Series: Native American Culture (Rio Nuevo) | Publication Date: November 2001

Two exceptional photographers with distinctly different ways of seeing combine their talents to create In the Fifth World: Portrait of the Navajo Nation. Aerial photographer Adriel Heisey takes flight to capture the magnificent landscapes that are home to the Navajo people. His images are paired with those of Japanese photojournalist Kenji Kawano, whose intimate and exuberant portraits celebrate the enduring character and spirit of the Din ""the People."" Former Navajo Nation Chairman Peterson Zah contributes a personal foreword.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Photographers Heisey (Under the Sun: A Sonoran Desert Odyssey) and Kawano (Warriors: Navajo Code Talkers) have both worked and lived with the Navajo people of Arizona and New Mexico. In this collection of eye-catching images, each contributes his unique vision. Heisey's color photos are mostly taken from the air, capturing the stark but beautiful landscape, as well as sheep camps, rodeos, and homes. Kawano, on the other hand, focuses on the people. His black-and-white portraits are of Navajo family members, usually taken two at a time. The book has been formatted to pair photographs by each artist on facing pages, so that a color landscape and a black-and-white portrait are viewed as a set. This method helps the reader develop a new appreciation for the Navajo and their way of life. In a short biographical essay, each photographer details his individual experience in the Navajo world, but the body of the book is the photography. Most suitable for regional collections. Gwen M. Gregory, Colorado Coll. Lib., Colorado Springs
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About the Author

Adriel Heisey and Kenji Kawano both spent their formative years living and working among the Navajo people: Heisey as a pilot for the Navajo Nation and Kawano as a photographer with Navajo Times. Heisey's first book for Rio Nuevo Publishers, Under the Sun: A Sonoran Desert Odyssey, was judged one of 2000's "season's best" by American Photo magazine. Kawano's previous book, Warriors: Navajo Code Talkers, is now in its tenth printing, and the Arizona Commission on the Arts featured images from this work in a major traveling exhibition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Rio Nuevo (November 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887896317
• ISBN-13: 978-1887896313
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 9.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This review is from: In the Fifth World: Portrait of the Navajo Nation (Paperback)

The landscape a people dwell in and the people themselves are best examined together. This book beautifully achieves both. Kawano's black & white portraits are without rival. Heisy captures the landscape from above. The reader is shown the total landscape of the largest Indian reservation in the United States. A must read for students of Native American History and photography buffs.