Edward Sheriff Curtis (Phaidon 55's)
Publisher: Phaidon Press; Phaidon
Published: April 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780714841762
Subjects: Individual photographers; Individual Photographers And Their Work; Photography; Photo Essays; Photo Techniques; Individual Photographer; Photoessays & Documentaries; Photography / Individual Photographer; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions
Description: "Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) is best known for his spectacular documentary record of the Native American tribes in the first decades of the twentieth century. His portrayal of their ceremonies and daily work, mesmerizing close-up portraits, and majestic landscapes of the American West were intended to serve as an anthropological resource for a "vanishing race". However, Curtis's true success lies in his powerful collection of faces, time and place, and in photographs marked by their dramatic lighting, sensitivity and beauty."--Jacket.