Phil CarterArts+Culture / LightboxTeen life on the RezChristine Yuan and Phil Carter capture images of Navajo youth under the sunblasted skyShareLink copied ✔️March 25, 2014Arts+CultureLightboxText Dazed Digital Life on the Rez The Navajo Nation is the largest Native American reservation in the US: roughly the size of Ireland, it covering 27,425 square miles, it occupies northeast Arizona and parts of Utah and New Mexico. It's home to just under 180,000 members of the Navajo people. "The Rez is both an extremely beautiful and desolate place," says photographer Christine Yuan. "There is so much life there, yet at the same time, a huge lack of resources." In college, Yuan found herself tutoring a few Navajo teenagers, eventually helping to build Project Pueblo, a youth centre that gave kids a place to hang out and chill after school. In an area where the nearest cinema or skate park could be hours away, it turned into a refuge for bored teenagers like Colin aka GAWDS, the subject of Yuan's short for AG Rojas's TRIBUTE documentary series. Yuan and Phil Carter's images of life on the Rez capture the teenage thrills of Navajo kids as they tag abandoned shipping units and skate under a sun-blasted Arizona sky. You can watch GAWDS below: Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingWhat Went Down at the inaugural vibeconSpike Jonze on fighting ‘slop’, robotic arms and memory-distilled perfume: Inside the Lower East Side equivalent of Coachella for vibe-coders and the ‘code curious’Life & CultureFilm & TVGet the Harmony Korine look: EDGLRD to drop a collection of its demon masksDazed LeagueThe heart and soul of LA’s exploding street soccer sceneBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaArt & PhotographyThese photos expose the ‘pain, fear and desire’ of relationshipsArt & PhotographyTyrell Hampton’s photos capture the freedom and fantasy of NYC nightsBeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturismDazed LeagueGeneration soccer: 8 game-changers on why the game matters for AmericaDazed LeagueA brief history of Nike’s radical soccer DNAEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy