Mike Larsen's Elder Series: "They Know Who They Are" and "Proud to Be Chickasaw"

Lona Barrick

Lona Barrick describes artist Mike Larsen's superb work and the process of working with him to develop his remarkable portraits of Chickasaw Elders. The first is titled They Know Who They Are and the second title, published in October 2010, is Proud To Be Chickasaw.

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Mike Larsen describes the process of interviews and photographs that captured the mood and personality of the individual.

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