Picture Gallery

Buffy Sainte-Marie has spent six decades in front of cameras — on concert stages, in recording studios, at ceremonies, and in her own art studio. This gallery gathers a selection of images representing different moments in her career.

Portraits and Performance

From her earliest Vanguard Records promotional photographs in the 1960s to later images showing her at the intersection of folk performance and digital art, Buffy’s visual presence has always been striking. She is a subject who brings the same intentionality to how she appears as she does to how she sounds.

Several of the images in this collection come from Buffy’s own personal photograph archive. Others were contributed by fans and photographers who documented her concert appearances over the decades. All are reproduced for educational and appreciative purposes as part of this fan tribute.

Selected Images

Buffy Sainte-Marie in a fringed jacket with shell decorations — In a fringed jacket with shells — a signature look from the early performance years

Portrait of Buffy Sainte-Marie seated outdoors with a horse in the background — Seated portrait with a horse — from her personal collection

Buffy Sainte-Marie sitting and laughing, a candid photograph — A candid moment — the warmth that comes through in her live performances

Buffy Sainte-Marie standing in front of her digital painting Elder Brothers — Standing before her digital painting "Elder Brothers" — artist and artwork together

Digital Art: From Mouthbow to Cyberskins

The later images in this collection document Buffy’s work as a digital visual artist — what this site calls the "cyberskins" end of her creative journey. Her digital paintings, created on early personal computers, have been exhibited in galleries and museums. They deploy the same sensibility as her music: rooted in Indigenous aesthetics and worldview, technically adventurous, emotionally direct.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and institutions like it have increasingly recognized Indigenous digital art as a significant contemporary form. Buffy Sainte-Marie was making that art before most institutions knew such a category existed.

See more in the Digital Art gallery.

Photo Credits and Notes

Images from the personal collection of Buffy Sainte-Marie are used with appreciation. Concert photographs are documented fan contributions. This gallery is maintained as an educational fan tribute. For licensing inquiries, please contact the rights holders directly through official channels.