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THIS ON-GOING PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT EXPLORES BUKOVEC’S RELATIONSHIP TO THE LAND AND DESIRE TO HOLD AND KNOW HER CULTURAL ROOTS. WHEN VISITING HER GRANDFATHER’S HOMELAND OF SLOVENIA BACK IN 2022, BUKOVEC FELT A DEEP CONNECTION TO HER ANCESTRY AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHY SHE FEELS MOST AS HOME WHEN SURROUNDED BY NATURE AND A CALL TO CARE FOR IT. SINCE THEN, EVERY PLACE SHE VISITS, SHE PAYS HONOR AND RESPECT TO THOSE WHOSE NATIVE LAND SHE WALKS ON, WHILE CONTINUING TO LEARN TRUTHS AND UNTOLD HISTORY. AS ROBIN WALL KIMMERER, THE AUTHOR OF BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, SHARES “…IT IS NOT THE LAND THAT IS BROKEN, BUT OUR RELATIONSHIP TO IT.” THIS PHOTO PROJECT AIMS TO CAPTURE THE HOLDING, THE CONNECTION, OF SELF TO LAND.

PHOTOS TAKEN ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF THE COWLIZ TRIBE, THE KLICKITAT PEOPLE, AND THE QUILEUTE NATION.