Photos: Washington Post photographers have been on the ground from the very beginning of the war - here’s some of their most powerful work. Russia has used an array of weapons against Ukraine, some of which have drawn the attention and concern of analysts. U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) allow Ukrainian forces to strike farther behind Russian lines against Russian artillery. The weapons: Western supplies of weapons are helping Ukraine slow Russian advances. Fears of a disaster at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station remain as both sides accuse each other of shelling it. In the south, Ukrainian hopes rest on liberating the Russia-occupied Kherson region, and ultimately Crimea, seized by Russia in 2014. The fight: The conflict on the ground grinds on as Russia uses its advantage in heavy artillery to pummel Ukrainian forces, which have sometimes been able to put up stiff resistance. At least 18 ships, including loads of wheat, corn and sunflower oil, have departed. Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports had sent food prices soaring and raised fears of more hunger in the Middle East and Africa. Monday through Friday on Spectrum News 1 and the Spectrum News app.The latest: Grain shipments from Ukraine are gathering pace under the agreement hammered out by Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations in July. She's also working on a new installation in collaboration with two other Tongva artists at the Catalina Museum for Art and History. I feel the responsibility and the weight so that the generation that comes after me doesn't have to have the same conversation because native people have been so objectified or disassociated," she shared.ĭorame's work is currently on view at the Huntington Library as part of the long-term Borderlands exhibition. I'm always doing research, but I feel like my focus now is about creating space in the future. "I think as I move through my artistic practice, it's always research heavy. I work with a lot of what's found really paying attention to seasonal shifts and seasonal species."ĭorame's work is rooted in research and historical accuracy to pave a path for future native artists. "That's important, but I don't previsualize anything. "A lot of times when I make my photographs, I'll just pile a bunch of stuff in a bag and take my camera and take my tripod and go somewhere," Dorame said. She talked about what she looks for when she takes her camera out to shoot. Just below us, there's so much history and existence and cultural memory."ĭorame explained that her creative process has shifted over the years. As we move through Los Angeles and you kind of think about how much is paved over.
I wanted to kind of empower myself to recreate them. They found them in Los Angeles, in northern Orange County. These are specific to our tribal territory. A lot of the work I do as being around these star stones. "We've really had to care for the culture in a way that's about reviving. "Like many of the tribes of California, we've had to kind of piece things back together," Dorame said. Dorame tries to unearth indigenous culture through her work. They lived from Malibu to Orange County, as well as the southern Channel Islands.
The Tongva people have lived in Southern California for thousands of years. Artist Mercedes Dorame is one of many Tongva descendants, and she talked to LA Times Today about how her work shines a light on Tongva culture. But their cultural presence is largely erased from public memory. Their words appear on our map: Topanga, Cucamonga, Cahuenga. The Tongva people were the original inhabitants of the land we now call Los Angeles.