Alyssa Bardy is a self-taught natural light photographer and a visual storyteller.She is rarely found without her children, binoculars, dog and camera.

Born and raised in rural Ontario, Alyssa was raised with a love and appreciation for a lifestyle immersed in the outdoors. Alyssa’s photography tells the stories of motherhood, Indigenous reconnection, nationhood, and our interconnectedness with Land, with a special passion for birds.

Alyssa uses the lens as a tool for herself, her children, and future generations to learn and share the brilliance and beauty of both culture and creation.

Alyssa is Upper Cayuga of Six Nations of the Grand River and belongs to Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, where she and her family reside. Examples of her work can be found in Canadian Geographic, The 400 Years Project, and the Center for Humans and Nature among many others.  

Tewateronhiahkhwa Gleniste is from the Mohawk Nation, Wolf Clan. She is a mother of three, a daughter, a partner, an artist and storyteller.

She has been a student of Kanienke’ha (Mohawk Language) for the last six years and works as an Educator at Kawennaón:we Mohawk Language school in Kenhtéke (Tyendinaga Mohawk Territorty).

She enjoys spending time with her children, learning their language, living their cultural ways and spending time in nature.