On November 24 the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) hosted a catered social as a community give-back for tribal members participation in a truly unique exhibit, Indigenous Photographic Exchange. Photographer Will Wilson took tintype portraits of tribal members using the historic wet plate collodion process. Tribal members received the wetplate image in exchange for granting Wilson permission to use their portrait in future exhibits.

The lens used for the portraits is 150 years old.

In addition to PEM and Will Wilson, Aquinnah Wampanoag Jonathan Perry worked to coordinate the community event. Catered food was provided by Sly Fox Den, owned by tribal member Sherry Pocknett.

For additional questions about the event or the Indigenous Photographic Exchange project, please contact Jonathan Perry at jonathanperry.aquinnah@gmail.com.