Photographing Home with Mylo Fowler

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🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Mylo Fowler is a landscape photographer who takes pictures of his homeland, the Navajo Nation. He uses his photography to give back to his community.

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0:00.0	With photography and imagery, really what I'm after is to find creative ways to use my talents
0:13.0	to help other people.
0:18.8	Milo Fowler is a landscape photographer who takes pictures of his homeland, the Navajo
0:23.2	nation.
0:24.2	The images he captures are stunning.
0:27.0	They feature the rock formations, plants and skies of the southwestern United States.
0:33.0	For Milo, taking pictures goes deeper than creating a piece of art.
0:36.9	His photography holds layers of meaning that celebrate and preserve Navajo culture.
0:42.1	On top of that, he uses the proceeds from his work to bring light and solar electricity
0:46.8	to families who live on Navajo land.
0:50.1	I'm Shelby Stanger and this is wild ideas worth living.
0:58.8	Milo speaks Navajo and he grew up near the Navajo nation capital in Arizona.
1:03.8	In his early 20s, he worked as a guide bringing visitors into the antelope slot canyons
1:08.9	to photograph unique formations.
1:11.5	He's always wanted to show people the beauty of his home.
1:15.2	Eventually, Milo got his own camera and his photography career took off.
1:20.0	Since then, Milo has won several prestigious awards in Native American Fine Art.
1:24.7	His dedication to his culture and its preservation are woven into everything he does.
1:35.9	Milo Fowler, welcome to Wild Ideas worth living.
1:39.2	To tell me about your background, your Navajo, right?
1:42.0	Traditionally in culture, we would say dine.
1:45.3	Dine.
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