
The Return
The Return depicts a loosely banded tribe of people living nomadically throughout the western states of Idaho, Nevada, California and Oregon. Traveling with the seasons, the subjects of The Return, utilize traditional hunter-gatherer skills along with the knowledge of indigenous food crops, to follow an ancient way of life known as “the Hoop”. The Return is a collaboration with the Native American ritualist Timothy White Eagle. From the beginning we held the intention of creating a kind of mythic portrait of a people, a place and an ideal. From 2006 to 2012 we traveled with a group of fierce individuals who wish to embody the ideal of living a symbiotic relationship with the Earth, based on the life way of early Native Americans.
“The subjects in “The Return” are predominately not indigenous Native Americans. Most carry European ancestry. And most come in one form or another from the disenfranchised margins of main stream America. Most are poor, some are queer, some are trans-gendered, some are hermits and some are politically radical. All believe that major shifts are needed in the way modern society interacts with the natural world. And all are willing pioneers, stepping off into uncertain terrain searching for something lost generations ago. These new Heroes are on a journey. Like all great heroes, what they desire is to simply return home. For them home is a wild garden; an ideal, a way of life, a return to what once was. The wild garden is a place the human soul knows. Every person has ancestors who lived in that wild garden, it is a universal thing we share.” - Timothy White Eagle

Blood Moustache
Steinacher Creek, California

"JP Hartsong"
Stoneberger Creek, Nevada

Blood Makeup
Steinacher Creek, California

Trek
Marble Mountain Wilderness, California

Cherries
Marble Mountain Wilderness, California

In The Cabin
Arco, Idaho

Sage Field
Lone Pine Ridge, Idaho

"Morning"
Marble Mountain Wilderness, California

Carrying Water
Huddles Hole, Craters of the Moon, Idaho

Creek
Steinacher Creek, California

Coffee
Arco, Idaho

In The Wickiup
Arco, Idaho

Lopi
Wolf Creek, Oregon

Fannie Bird
Marble Mountain Wilderness, California

Amara and Rey
Marble Mountain Wilderness, California

Magpie
Deschutes River Canyon, Oregon

Milking
Marble Mountain Wilderness, California

Searching
Lone Pine Ridge, Idaho

Bitterroot
Lone Pine Ridge, Idaho

Camas Prairie
Idaho

Breadroot
Huddles Hole, Craters of the Moon, Idaho

Grinding Breadroot
Arco, Idaho

Burger King
Mesquite, Nevada

untitled
northeast of Mormon Peak, Nevada

War Shirt
Camas Prairie, Idaho

The Killing Shack
Huddles Hole, Craters of the Moon, Idaho

Wolf Pups
north of Virgin Peak, Nevada

Truck
Dodge Pocket, Nevada

Dodge Pockets
Dodge Pockets, Nevada

Praying
Stoneberger Creek, Nevada

Planting Back
Dodge Pockets, Nevada

Number Hill
Arco, Idaho

Prepping Hide
Arco, Idaho

Smoking Hide
Arco, Idaho

Fire Trap
Dodge Pockets, Nevada

Saving Roots
Arco, Idaho

Mouse In Hand
Dodge Pocket, Idaho

Claw
northeast of Mormon Peak, Nevada

Medicine
Spencer Hot Springs, Nevada

Abandoned Orchard
Marble Mountain Wilderness, California

Badger/Bunny
Dodge Pocket, Nevada

Knife
Dodge Pocket, Nevada

At The River
Deschutes River Canyon, Oregon

Virgin Peaks
Nevada

Bucket
Steinacher Creek, California

Digging
Huddles Holes, Craters of the Moons, Idaho

Waiting
Huddles Hole, Craters of the Moon, Idaho

Dispatched
Arco, Idaho

Drying Jerky
Huddles Hole, Craters of the Moon, Idaho

For Sale
Spencer Hot Springs, Nevada

Longhouse
Wolf Creek, Oregon

Dirty Skirts
Geneva, Oregon

Pulling For Wildflowers
Spencer Hot Springs, Nevada

Heart of the Mother

Horses
Root Camp, Idaho

Back of the Truck
Nevada

Dressing A Carcass
Arco, Idaho

Steak With A Hoof
Huddles Hole, Craters of the Moon, Idaho

Shoe Tree
US-50, Nevada

Mikalia
Deschutes River Canyon, Oregon

Mouse Traps
Dodge Pocket, Nevada

Prairie Dog
Root Camp, Idaho

Gutting A Fish
Deschutes River Canyon, Oregon

Water Dance
Deschutes Canyon River, Oregon

Cleaning Graffiti Off The Rock
Us-20, Idaho

Nightfall
Virgin River, Nevada

Barricade
Marble Mountain Wilderness, California

Sleeping
east of Las Vegas, Nevada

Full Moon

Camp Fire
east of Las Vegas, Nevada

Finisia
The Hoop






































































