Contemporary Native American

Lets get things up to date..

To get some inspiration I looked at other peoples interpretation of a more contemporary outlook on 'Native American'. Here is an image uploaded by themillicent on tumlbr. I love how the model here is obviously not Native American, I think this brings an 'urban' outlook onto this particular tribe. Her dark eyes and lips add an edge to her pale skin and fair hair, bringing her back down to the 'raw' tribal community.

Here is another image from Tumblr uploaded by salepetitepute, I absolutely love this image as it brings tribal against materialism. The sunglasses and cigarette give the image a boost into society today, the mixture of tradition and fashion in this image adds a more in depth meaning! I have seen images before of men from actual tribes with cigarette's in their mouth parading down a street! Look's like some tribes are getting to grips with the more modern way of life!

Again, from Tumblr uploaded by crazy802. The natural setting and the simplicity of the body gives all the focus to the head gear and black make-up onto the eyes. This gives me the confidence to play around with simple ideas, and bring the focus to a certain point.