Mariam Waliji is a London ON (Treaty 6 and Treaty 2) based photographer with a passion for connecting -- be it with people, place, or community.
Her personal work explores the beauty in grace and in grit, hoping to challenge her audience to experience the catharsis of feeling infinitely small in, what is frankly, a really big world.
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Though her work takes her across the world, Mariam honours the land she lives on as the traditional territories of the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee and the Lunaapeewak. She also wants to recognize the neighbouring First Nations communities to the city of London — Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, Oneida Nation of the Thames, and Munsee-Delaware Nation.
Mariam shows gratitude to the Indigenous peoples who are stewards of the land she takes such joy in exploring, and is committed to hearing hard truths and working towards reconciliation in all aspects of her life and work.