Woman | Ai Tominaga | 'Mood for Love' | Carter Smith | Harper's Bazaar US June 2001

Carter Smith made a sensually magnificent capture of Ai Tominaga, set against the matriarchal goddess spirits buried in America’s Wild West. It’s strange thinking that women in many Indian tribes, including the Navajo lands near Tucson, were part of a matriarchal society, with descent and inheritance determined through one’s mother.

Anne spent Thanksgiving 2009 in Tucson and the surrounding lands.

What a contrast between the mood of this matriarchal love story and the shootout in Tombstone’s OK Corral. The white male patriarchy had arrived with guns, and the matriarchy didn’t stand a chance.

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