Micki, Comanche/Cherokee, Florida

About Eric Klemm

“Silent Warriors”: "Micki" Free, father Chererokee, mother Comanche, is a Musician (flute player) who won a Grammy Award. He lives in Florida where the Seminole Indians own large Casino's which made many of them rich. I met Micki at… Read more

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

“Silent Warriors”:

"Micki" Free, father Chererokee, mother Comanche, is a Musician (flute
player) who won a Grammy Award. He lives in Florida where the Seminole
Indians own large Casino's which made many of them rich. I met Micki at the
American Indian Arts Celebration at the Big Cypress reservation in the
Everglades. He is an example of the proud and self confident Indian and his
magic and most beautiful portrait became one of my favorite images.

Well off as well is the 16 years old "Kasey", from the Chererokee Nation of
Oklahoma. His father is a radio host. The whole family worked to assemble
his wonderful traditional dress (regalia) of a so called "Dog Soldier". His
headdress is made of turkey and eagle feathers. They told me that among
Kasey's ancestors was the famous "Sitting Bull". Kasey studies at the
university.

"Dark Feather Moon" from the famous Lakota Sioux has served in World war II
and in the Korean War. He has four kids, his nickname is "Talksalot". He now
is 84 years old and still runs a shop for Native arts and crafts.

I photographed the portrait of "Robert" from the Tewa tribe, New Mexico,
right beside of his parents home, who kindly invited me for lunch. He is
from a well doing middleclass family and the Tewa village of San Juan is a
lovely place to be. Ones again a large Casino near by seems to be the reason
for a newly regained pride and wealth.

VITA

1939	Born in Germany
	Studied graphic design in Trier, Germany
From 1968	Worked as a photographer for the magzine twen, later for the magazine e.g. Stern or the Time Magazin
1972	Admission as a member of the German Society for Photography
2009	International breakthrough with the book "Silent Warriors - Portraits of North American Indians", which won the 1st prize at the Prix de la Photographie Paris
	Lives and works at the Salt Spring Island in front of  Vancouver, BC, Canada

Exhibitions

	Exhibitions (Selection)
2011	The Center for for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
	Sillent Warriors, Chemainus Theatre, Chemainus B.C., Canada
	Metamorphosis, Goethe-Institut Paris, France
2010	New Work, Pegasus Gallery for Canadian Art, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada
	Silent Warriors, Pegasus Gallery for Canadian Art, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada
	Silent Warriors, Blue Sky / Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, Oregon, USA
	An Exhibition of Kinder Art, Ferrero Foundation, Alba, Italy
	Eric Klemm 2004-2010, Mahon Hall, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada
	Silent Warriors, Luz Gallery, Victoria, B.C., Canada
2009	Kinder Art at Bovisa Triennial, Milano, Italy
	Imagine, The Spring Art Collective Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
	Human Canvas, Center of Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Oregon, USA
2008	Art Basel Miami, Kipton Art, New York, NY, USA
	Toronto International Art Fair, Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada
2007	National Portrait Gallery, Photographic Portrait Prize, London, England
	Toronto International Art Fair, Odon Wagner   Contemporary, vToronto, ON, Canada
2006	FotoFest 2006, Houston, Texas, USA
1980	Twen - Revision of a Legend, Photokina Köln, München und Hamburg, Deutschland
1972	3. Weltausstellung der Photographie, Photokina Collogne, Germany
1968	2. Weltausstellung der Photographie, Photokina Collogne, Germany