Edward Sheriff Curtis: Visions of a Vanishing Race - Softcover

Graybill, Florence Curtis; Boesen, Victor

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9780826322494: Edward Sheriff Curtis: Visions of a Vanishing Race
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0826322492 ISBN 13: 9780826322494
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2000

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Florence Curtis Graybill and Victor Boesen

Review

“A work of art, of anthropology, and of history lovingly recapturing the work of a great student of the American Indian.” -- Los Angeles Times

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Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0826322492
ISBN 13 
9780826322494
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
224
Rating
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