The 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Girls Calendar Goes Native
A behind the scenes look at the 4-day photo shoot in Billy Swamp Safari
Krista.
Lenka & Sarah.
Arianna.
Kayla.
Jasah. Photographer, Joey Wright.
The unique confluence of culture and circumstance which would become today’s Seminole Tribe of Florida can be traced back at least
12,000 years. By the time the Spaniards arrived in Florida in 1513, this large territory held almost 200,000 Seminole ancestors in hundreds of tribes. The Spaniards called some of these indigenous Florida people cimarrones, or free people, because they would not allow
themselves to be dominated by the Europeans. This is how the Seminole Tribe of Florida came to be known as the “Unconquered People.
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When selecting the locations for the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Girls Calendar, it was only fitting to shoot it in a location that depicts the
natural Seminole way of life. The unconquered Seminole Tribe of Florida at Billie Swamp Safari on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, located in the Florida Everglades, proved itself to be the perfect backdrop. The mantra of the Hard Rock brand is “LOVE ALL SERVE
ALL and there is no better way to showcase that than the love for our Seminole people, nature and our environment. Billie Swamp Safari
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is nestled on 2,200 untamed acres of abundant flora and fauna and native and exotic wildlife.
The four day photo shoot captured the 20, newly appointed 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Girls in various areas such as: open fields, a gator
pit, an old Seminole Village, an authentic Seminole canoe, a Chickee hut, a wooden bridge and an airboat.
The 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Girls Calendar will go on sale
in the Hard Rock Store and Rock Shop on December 1, 2014.