Evan Benally Atwood
Yá'át'ééh
Shí eí Evan yinishé. Ta'neeszahnii nishłi doo bilagáana bashish'chiin. Naakai dine'é dashicheii doo bilagáana dashinalí.
Hello, my name is Evan. I am Tangle clan born for the bilagáana/white. I live in the ancestral lands of the Chinook, Cowlitz, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Siletz, and Clackamas.
I am a queer Diné/Navajo creative using filmmaking and photography to document stories, uplift community, and empower marginalized voices. From using vintage rangefinder cameras to mirrorless digital cameras, I work with clients to thoughtfully and curiously create each project.
When not working, I spend time painting, creating soundscapes, hiking/swimming/being in nature, tending the garden, making food, and daydreaming about all the colors in the world I haven't seen yet.
portrait from Portland in Color interview
all enquiries:
evanjamesatwood@gmail.com
CLIENTS & PUBLICATIONS
- DH / WA Dept. of Health, We All Make Us Strong Campaign, Director, Editor, Music Score, Documentary and Commercial 2023
- Black Belt Eagle Scout, Creative Direction, Photography, Filmmaker , The Land, The Water, The Sky, MBRTTL, Nobody, and Spaces music videos, 2022-2023
- Atmos, Land Back and Sage Against The Machine, Nov 2022
- Commissioned by Apple. As Told By Us: Honoring Pride, and reel honoring Window Rock, June 2022
- Northwest Portland Indian Health Board, Indigiqueer Joy, 2021-22, Seattle Waterfront Pride Exhibit with Yehaw, June 2022
- Oregon Metro Our Big Back Yard, Ni’hoosdzáán baa’áhwiilyą́ągo nát’ą́ą́’ nihaa’ánáhályą́, Mar 2022
- Atmos Magazine for Quannah Chasinghorse, Chasing Dreams and Caribou, Nov 2021
- them magazine, Chosen: 5 Queer Photographers Reimagine the Family Portrait, Nov 2021
- Capture Photography Festival, 6 Public Billboards of The Black Hills, Oct-Nov 2021
- Atmos Vol 5 Hive for Pattie Gonia, Queen P Front and Back Cover, April 2021
- Aperture Interview, The Photographer Who Constantly Transforms, April 2021
- The Lit List, feature of 2020
- Atmos Vol 4 Cascade, The Ties That Bind and As The Water Flows, Fall 2020
- The South Hampton Review, Issue 27, Summer/Fall 2020
- Design Portland Story, Interview 2019
- ImagiNative Film Fest, Oct 2019, Indians Never Die
- TIME Mag, From florida to alaska, america’s LGBTQ bars Feel Like Home to Many, 2019
- Vice Broadly Interview, 2019
- Native Cinema Showcase in New York, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Heye Center, 2019
- She Shreds x Red Bull Music B2B, Creative Director, 2018
- Saddle Creek Records, Black Belt Eagle Scout "Indians Never Die" Music Video, Director 2018
- The Independent Haley Heynderickx "No Face" Music Video, Director 2018
- OBP, Jared Mees's "Blue Angels" Music Video, Director 2017
- iGNANT, "A Portrait of the Navajo Reservation, Photo Essay 2016
- Hello Mr Magazine, "Running Dry" Photo & Essay, 2015
- Huffington Post, 2014
EDUCATION
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, May 2015
Major in Marketing, Minor in Photography
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England
Studied through an International Exchange program, 2013 – 2014
International Management & Marketing