Edward S. Curtis Portraits /anglais - Couverture rigide

Youngblood, Wayne

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0785839747 ISBN 13 : 9780785839743

Editeur : Chartwell Books, 2023

Synopsis

In 1906, J. P. Morgan commissioned Edward S. Curtis to produce a series of books depicting Native American life. Edward S. Curtis Portraits contains over 250 of the project’s beautiful and haunting portraits.

“In Mr. Curtis we have both an artist and a trained observer, whose pictures are pictures, not merely photographs.” —President Theodore Roosevelt

Talented photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis set out on the project with the goal of becoming a successful portrait artist, but as he worked taking photographs of the “vanishing Indian,” he discovered a calling as an ethnographer and embarked on a mission to document every aspect of traditional Native American culture before it disappeared forever. He considered the loss of Native American traditions a national tragedy and sacrificed his financial security, marriage, and even his health to pursue his mission.

Curtis’s highly expressive portraits convey the full range of human emotions, attesting to the trust he established with his subjects, and serve as exquisite examples of classic portraiture. From Alaska to Mexico, the photographs in this compact volume feature tribes such as:
 

• The Apache
• The Jicarillas
• The Navaho
• The Papago
• The Qahatika
• The Mohave
• The Yuma
• The Maricopa
• The Walapai
• The Havasupai
• The Yavapai
• And many more

Though Curtis has been criticized for idealizing the people he photographed with props and staged shots, his deep respect for them and earnest attempt to understand them is apparent in his work. Today, these portraits allow us a precious glimpse into Native American life as it existed before complete colonial expansion in the United States.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Wayne Youngblood is a freelance author and editor with a broad variety of interests. He has written books on a range of subjects from colonial history and American Indians to stamps and stamp collecting. In addition, he has authored thousands of columns and features covering historical and collectible subjects. His specific awareness of Mathew Brady's work came from a longtime interest in early photography, the American Civil War, and US postage stamp design, for which numerous attributed and unattributed Brady photos have been used as sources.Ray Bonds has been a defense journalist, editor, and publisher during a career spanning over thirty five years, covering periods and activities as wide ranging as the American Civil War, anti-ballistic missile systems, stealth warfare, and modern military intelligence gathering. He has written and edited scores of well respected titles on the world's major armed forces, their battles, weapons, and organization, with a specialty in the armed services of the United States.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Photographer Edward S. Curtis was a prolific photographer and recorder of Native American culture. Edward S. Curtis Portraits is a collection of his most moving cultural portraits.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chartwell Books
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0785839747
• ISBN 13: 9780785839743
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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