![]() ![]() Recently long-listed for the National Book Award for fiction, Shutter tells the story of a forensic photographer named Rita who, like Emerson, is a member of the Navajo Nation. I would carry the images that I had in my head with me for months."Įmerson started writing down a memoir, but as she progressed with the manuscript, it morphed into her first novel. "When I first started, I think those first two years of my job, it was tough for me. ![]() Once she had to ride a mule up a mountain for two hours with all her gear just to document a scene where someone got hurt. As a police department photographer in Albuquerque, N.M., she covered everything from car accidents to refinery explosions. She owns a production company with her husband called Reel Indian Pictures.īefore she became a novelist, Ramona Emerson spent 16 years documenting crime scenes. Ramona Emerson is also a documentary filmmaker. ![]()
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