#danbudnik

This image popped up as a memory. Five years ago today I was on a train journey from Vancouver to Portland Oregon to see my friend Wendy. This was the view out my window. I had just left my friend @aarluk having spent the last week with her at @isea_official 2015 speaking at the Indigenous art forum as well as catching up about our Walking in Circles project in between laughs, eating traditional Inuit food, getting lost, seeing Aotearoa and global friends, visiting the mountains, swimming and seeing beautiful art. It was this journey that I was supported by many to get me to Vancouver and Dan Budnik (previous post) was a big part of that, so perfect timing for this to appear as a memory today. Rest in Peace dear Dan. #danbudnik https://www.instagram.com/p/CEOCrHfs3W4/?igshid=17j4105quewgl

This morning I received news that my dear friend Dan Budnik had passed away last week. He was 87 years old. Through a series of serendipidous events at home in Taranaki with one of our Koro, Dan and I met in 2007 in Arizona while I was there visiting friends on an art cultural exchange and to share some of my art work. A generous and kindred spirit we had many conversations about indigenous rights and rock art which had been his passion for over 40 years. Well known for his work as a photographer during the Civil Rights Movement and images of Martin Luther King, he also spent a lot of time with the Hopi and Navajo / Diné people. Our conversations were often about this and the spiritual aspects of the rock art forms that connect us all and the importance of the indigenous voice as healing for the world. My last conversation with him was two months ago at his resthome in Tucson, Arizona. He was in great spirits. He was also one of my biggest fans supporting me with my photography, love of rock art and my own pursuit to bring my indigenous artist voice to the world stage. I travelled to Canada in 2015 alongside my Inuit sister Stacey Aglok and he supported my journey there and the kaupapa that we carried which was to ensure an indigenous voice was heard within the digital / electronic art community. I will forever be grateful for our connection and friendship and send his whānau much love at this time. Funnily enough, two photographers, we never had a photo together! That I remember! I have wonderful memories, emails and postcards from him with old school writing and images of rock art from around the world that connect to us here in Aotearoa. That is a beautiful, amazing story, for another time. E te rangatira, e Dan takoto mai rā i raro i te korowai aroha o ngā mātua tūpuna. #danbudnik https://www.instagram.com/p/CENLnN5s-x1/?igshid=v2kjwm8znjzi

I have to repost this once more because all my posts are a disaster, pictures spread here and there - as my impulses are. Such a emotive person. I wanna express for once more. With all my love and in a sweet manner towards my friends from North America (Mexico is also North America tho’, ah?!): The United States of North America should never forget the history and what previous generations have achieved in terms of Civil Rights. We as a whole, must workout the future, always giving a precious value to what was left behind - giving us rights, for times ahead. Normally I am very hesitant about the hegemony and relationship of our countries as neighbours, I really appreciate all my American, North American friends, tho’. ❤️ Please stay always steady and seeking for the dream, through rights. You as country, I imagine you to be very beautiful, full of landscapes and people from all backgrounds and likes, making something cool and wonderful in their own way. I never have touched your lands, because I never understood why “we people who are darker than blue” are given so many restrictions and mistreated, but often not the proper rights for all humans. Pictures here, are again from the book of the week, Marching to the freedom dream, pictures taken by Dan Budnik during his art student years in New York, when he covered 3 of the most decisive Marches in the fight for Civil Rights. Edited by the wonderful and heartwarming @trolleybooks, designed by @martinfruitmachine printed beautifully by @graficheantiga in Valdobbiadene, It. With organic inks and the energy taken from the car park! On top of it. Well anyway, the message has been delivered. Ciao. #remembercivilrights #danbudnik #trolleybooks #fruitmachinedesign #graficheantiga (en Xochimilco, Distrito Federal, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-xxljDMdw/?igshid=1l0x3ta9ixvq1

Late night tales, Marching to the FREEDOM DREAM Photographs by Dan Budnik, Edited by @trolleybooks ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏼 🇺🇸 Make yourself a land of rights and dreams again! Leaving behind historical oppression an racism. Diversity is your real strength. 🇺🇸 Our real strength! 🇲🇽#marchingtothefreedomdream #neverforget #blacklivesmatter #martinlutherking #danbudnik #harrybelafonte #jamesenyeart #photojournalism #photoessay #essay #trolleybooks (en Xochimilco, Distrito Federal, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA7FU2UjXlv/?igshid=1pbjy1a8nf92m

1965. Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery Airport #danbudnik #mlk

Magnifique photo de Jeanne Moreau, par Dan Budnick, 1962. #jeannemoreau #danbudnik #1962 #icone #iconefrancaise #muse #actricefrancaise #actrice #cinema #cinemafrancais #photographie