Edward S. Curtis

The indelible portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis, made at the dawn of the twentieth century, have become among the most avidly collected, published, and sought-after emblems of early encounters with American Indian life. And yet existing publications have just begun to suggest the extent of this remarkable photographic achievement. This book, the first in a series that will take an in-depth look at many of the subjects dearest to Curtis, collects one hundred of his most compelling photographs of tribal leaders and warriors. Some 40 percent of the photographs presented here are either very little known or previously unpublished. The large-format portraits in this book, primarily of men of the Plains and Southwest (for which Curtis had a special affinity), are drawn from more than two thousand photographs in Curtis' masterwork The North American Indian, as well as rare prints from the private collection of Christopher Cardozo, who provides a compelling essay here. Additional texts by Hartman Lomawaima, of the Hopi Nation, and Anne Makepeace, director of an Academy Award-nominated film about Curtis and his lasting impact, provide new insights into the photographs that form the most comprehensive record of the native peoples of North America from the dawn of the twentieth century. - Jacket flap.

191 p. : 29 cm

"The traditional cultures of the Indians of the Great Plains - Lakotas, Cheyennes, Wichitas, Arikaras, Crows, Osages, Assiniboins, Comanches, Crees, and Mandans, among others - are recalled in detail in this collection of photographs by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)."--BOOK JACKET.

A collection of turn-of-the century photographs by Edward Curtis depicts the appearance and culture of the Native American nations.

First published in 1976, this book is the classic photographic record of Native American life by one of America’s greatest photographers. From 1904 to 1930 Edward Sheriff Curtis sought out the vanishing tribes of Native Americans with an unwavering passion and dedication. His life's work was to record the faces and lifestyles of the Indians before they vanished forever. He photographed more than eighty tribes, from the Southwest to the Arctic. It was an achievement both poignant and monumental. For this book, Curtis's daughter, Florence, selected 175 of her father's greatest photographs. She has also collaborated closely with Victor Boesen to give readers a moving and detailed biography of Curtis's life and work. In addition, there is a memoir of Curtis by his son, Harold.

This is the first and only comprehensive selection from Edward Curtis' legendary twenty volume, l The American Indian, originally published in a private edition by J.P. Morgan in 1907 -1930. A landmark publication, the selected writings, chosen from Curtis' studies of more than 80 tribes west of the Mississippi, also includes a portfolio of original, never-before reproduced photgravures by the man known to the Indians as "Shadow-catcher."--back cover.

A selection of Curtis' photographs taken during the thirty five years he spent documenting Native American life.

A selection of Curtis' photographs taken during the thirty five years he spent documenting Native American life.