About

      Ryle Yazzie is a Native American photographer based out of Albuquerque, NM. His roots stem from the Navajo Nation of which he is a tribal member. Ryle has a Digital Filmmaking Bachelor of Arts from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico and is in the Masters of Fine Arts program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He started shooting medium format film in 2012 while living in the Middle East. At the same time, Ryle started his film industry career working on the “Awaken” movie, a multi-year project that spanned multiple countries. He has since moved back to New Mexico and has been working as a Set Lighting technician and photographer for the past 9 years. His photographs have been included in ABQ the Mag and New Mexico Magazine. He continues to shoot analog film as a means to archive daily life and culture.