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Tomás Karmelo Amaya
Photowalk with Tomás Karmelo Amaya — born for the A:shiwi, Rarámuri, and Yoeme tribes, Tomás Karmelo Amaya is a creative director, filmmaker, writer, visual artist, and Indigenous Futurist.
Meet at Adobe Tent at the Entrance to Pier 1
Speakers: Tomás Karmelo Amaya
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 1
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Join our Adobe-sponsored photowalk with creative director, filmmaker, writer, visual artist, and Indigenous Futurist—Tomás Karmelo Amaya. We will visit some notable local spots and highlight things to consider when photographing your subject, such as how varying your composition can have a dramatic impact and how differences in light can really make your images pop. Tomás will share his unique perspective with the group on this photowalk.
Tomás Karmelo Amaya was born for the A:shiwi, Rarámuri, and Yoeme tribes. He is a creative director, filmmaker, writer, visual artist, and Indigenous futurist. His work focuses on creating opportunities for healing by embracing intentionality and Indigenous teachings in all forms of expression. He was raised in West Phoenix, Arizona on the ancestral homelands of The O’odham, Yavapai, Piipaash, Maricopa, and Yaqui tribes. His work has been published and featured with the New York Times, CNN, Now This News, Nike, Patagonia, Hasselblad, and Apple among several others. He and his wife, Siera Begaye Amaya, co-own Kanion, a creative agency and production company based out of Phoenix, Arizona. As a public speaker and educator, his most recent keynote was at Princeton University’s Carl A. Fields Center for Equality + Cultural Understanding to speak on visual storytelling, kinship, and community.
We look forward to seeing you at our Adobe tent at Photoville! Our photographers will be there opening weekend—Saturday and Sunday from 12-7pm. Join us
— for photowalks throughout each day, some with models to photograph, and we will be editing live some of the photos taken!
— to see tips and tricks on mobile photography, working with color, black and white, removing unwanted or distracting elements from your images, etc.
— and let us show you how quick and easy editing on the go is with your mobile phone!
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