Dakota’s work is defined by its dakota sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Tobacco Bag
Dakota Central Plains or Northern Plains, United States

Pair of Moccasins
Santee Sioux Plains, North America

Missouri River, Clay County, South Dakota
Robert Adams American, born 1937

Icy Road US 77 Near Brookings, in Eastern South Dakota
John Vachon American, 1914-1975

Badlands, South Dakota
Minor White American, 1908–1976

Twilight Mound, South Dakota
J. P. Atterberry American, born 1942

Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
Lee Friedlander American, born 1934

Field Museum, Trumpeter Swan, North Dakota, 1891
Terry Evans American, born 1944

Stevie Shea, Hazelton, North Dakota
Thomas Frederick Arndt American, born 1944

Skull, Badlands, South Dakota
Arthur Rothstein American, 1915–1985

Near Sage Creek Pass, South Dakota
J. P. Atterberry American, born 1942

Emmons County, North Dakota
Greg Conniff American, born 1944

Saturday Night, the Shea Family, Hazelton, North Dakota
Thomas Frederick Arndt American, born 1944

Mount Rushmore National Monument, Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

Flash Flood, Badlands, South Dakota
Greg MacGregor American, born 1941