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Canyon de Chelly, Photo by Edward S. Curtis, 1904

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[zegalba]

Edward S. Curtis: Aphrodite (Siren of the Sea), 1920

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[fragrantblossoms]

Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952). Yellow Kidney - Piegan, 1910.

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[psikonauti]

Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868–1952)

Canyon de Chelly, 1909

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[henk-heijmans]

A Comanche mother, ca. 1927 - by Edward S. Curtis (1868 - 1952), American

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[pazzesco]

Seven riders on horseback and a dog trek across Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. Photo by Edward S. Curtis, 1904.

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Edward S. Curtis - Story Telling - Apache, 1903

Edward S. Curtis - Navajo Woman and Two Children on Horseback, 1906

Edward S. Curtis - The Canyon, 1904

Edward S. Curtis - Taos Water Girls, 1905

Edward S. Curtis - The Vanishing Race, Navajo, 1904

Geronimo – Apache, 1905 - Edward S. Curtis

Edward S. Curtis ... Tells the Intimate Story of Indian Life with Motion Pictures.... Chicago: The National Printing and Engraving Co., c.1910. - Lithographic poster printed in 1910, when Curtis debuted his "picture opera," The Story of a Vanishing Race. The show included magic lantern slides of the photographer's work painstakingly hand-colored, supplemented by moving pictures, sound recordings of native songs, an orchestra, and Curtis's own narration.

Portrait of Edward S. Curtis, 1907 - by: Adolph Muhr

Edward Sherriff Curtis (February 19, 1868 – October 19, 1952) was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and on Native American people. Sometimes referred to as the "Shadow Catcher", Curtis traveled the United States to document and record the dwindling ways of life of various native tribes through photographs and audio recordings.

Curtis's goal was to document Native American life, pre-colonization. He wrote in the introduction to his first volume in 1907, "The information that is to be gathered … respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost." Curtis made over 10,000 wax cylinder recordings of Native American language and music. He took over 40,000 photographic images of members of over 80 tribes. He recorded tribal lore and history, described traditional foods, housing, garments, recreation, ceremonies, and funeral customs. He wrote biographical sketches of tribal leaders.

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[guy60660]

Edward S. Curtis | Fotograficamente

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Kwak'Wanigaml (Heron Headdress), c. 1890 Herbert Johnson - (Gayusdisa'las) Kwakwaka'wakw, Kwikwasutinexw, Kingcome, d. 1953 Red cedar, nails, paint, 26 x 13 1/2 x 17 in. Seattle Art Museum 91.1.31

"Solitary blue herons stand silently on coastlines and in wetlands perched on their thin legs. They wade slowly, sometimes point their head and beak skyward, and often seem as still as a statue. This object includes the sinuous neck and long beak of a heron but no legs beause the heron’s shape has been adapted to serve as a headdress. Stylized designs add a distinctive feature on the crest, wings, and tail. One can only imagine the striking vision of the heron striding into a ceremony atop the head of a leader who honors one of his crest animals."

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Man with Heron Hat, 1914 photo by Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Glossy silver print, 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3cm) Seattle Art Museum

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Edward S. Curtis

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Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) - Frame of a peyote sweat lodge

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[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

A Diné man photographed in c. 1904 dressed as Nayenezgáni, a mythical hero from Diné mythology who, along with his brother Tobadzischini, rid the world of the Anaye (monsters from Diné mythology). Photograph taken by Edward S. Curtis in the Dinétah

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"... Attention is the quintessential medium to reveal man’s dormant energies to himself. Whenever one witnesses the state of the body, the interplay of thought and feeling, there is an intimation, however slight, of another current of energy. Through the simple act of attending, one initiates a new alignment of forces.”

— Bill Segal

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[may8chan]

Anna May Wong Photo Edward S. Curtis

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[federer7]

Castle O' Dreams. Circa 1920

Photo: Edward S. Curtis

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[fragrantblossoms]

Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952). Winter - Apsaroke, 1908.

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Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868–1952)

The Piki Maker - Hopi, 1906/1921

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[henk-heijmans]

Oasis in the Bad Lands (sub-chief Red Hawk), South Dakota, 1905 - by Edward S. Curtis (1868 - 1952), American

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