Noises in the Blood (Jamaica & Shinnecock Land), 2025
35 mm giclèe print on Baryta paper
8 inches by 20 inches
Limited Edition of 10, Signed Front
The exposures that compose this film photograph were made between St. Mary, Jamaica and Shinnecock lands in the Hamptons in Summer 2025. In Jamaica, the focus was on the energy of a site in St, Mary commemorating Tacky’s Rebellion, one of the largest slave rebellions in the country’s history. In Shinnecock Land, the focus was on the private beaches reserved for tribal members that are constantly transgressed by. outsiders. At the time the work was made, the artist had considered it to be a conversation about contested lands in the past and present. As of late October 2025, parts of Jamaica, particularly St. Mary Parish, were devastated by Hurricane Melissa. This turn of events may place Jamaica into a position where the tensions of redevelopment can create new questions about contested space, bringing it even closer to the energetic space of Shinnecock lands.
This work is from "The Land Sings of A Dream," Niama Safia Sandy’s new series of experimental film photographs. The images offer abstracted, dream-like scenes connected to energetic resonance at Global Black Diaspora and indigenous historical sites related to liberation and cultural activity.
Noises in the Blood (Jamaica & Shinnecock Land), 2025
35 mm giclèe print on Baryta paper
8 inches by 20 inches
Limited Edition of 10, Signed Front
The exposures that compose this film photograph were made between St. Mary, Jamaica and Shinnecock lands in the Hamptons in Summer 2025. In Jamaica, the focus was on the energy of a site in St, Mary commemorating Tacky’s Rebellion, one of the largest slave rebellions in the country’s history. In Shinnecock Land, the focus was on the private beaches reserved for tribal members that are constantly transgressed by. outsiders. At the time the work was made, the artist had considered it to be a conversation about contested lands in the past and present. As of late October 2025, parts of Jamaica, particularly St. Mary Parish, were devastated by Hurricane Melissa. This turn of events may place Jamaica into a position where the tensions of redevelopment can create new questions about contested space, bringing it even closer to the energetic space of Shinnecock lands.
This work is from "The Land Sings of A Dream," Niama Safia Sandy’s new series of experimental film photographs. The images offer abstracted, dream-like scenes connected to energetic resonance at Global Black Diaspora and indigenous historical sites related to liberation and cultural activity.
