Aerial Images by Bill Ganzel
April 4 – 27
Blue Water Site
This exhibition will showcase large format color photographs, many of them aerial, of sites of conflicts between indigenous people who were already living here and the other groups who were trying to colonize this land, to eke out a living using the land in different ways. Ganzel notes that violent confrontations among small groups quickly evolved into military campaigns that by 1890 had decimated native peoples.
Wounded Knee Massacre Grave, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD
“What remains today of places where pitched battles were fought are often prosaic landscapes of farm or ranch land. There may be an historic marker along the highway, most often barely noticed and passed at lightning speed. But that was the point – to make the land into farms in the European tradition and using new technologies.”
Little Bighorn Battlefield, Crow Reservation, Montana
These images are part of a project that include sites across Nebraska and other parts of the American West.
Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska
Viewers are encouraged to view the work and offer their perspectives on the images and their history, and how those impacts are still felt today. The work is available for viewing and purchase Friday-Sunday, April 4-27 from 12-5 p.m. or by appointment. Email bganzel@ganzelgroup.com to arrange a time to see the work and converse with the artist.
Plum Creek Site
