As US government-backed Dakota Access Pipeline proponents wreaked havoc on Indigenous peoples, their lands, sensibilities, and on Nature herself, First Nations (Mexica and Otomi) documentary photographer, cinematographer, and film director, Josué Rivas was on the scene as witness and participant; demonstrator and Water Protector. The experience endangered his life. It also marked what he calls his “year of awakening.”
He’s since received the FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo for STANDING STRONG, his stunning and haunting photographic account of the events at Standing Rock.
