Sacred
Legacy : Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian
by Edward S. Curtis, et al
Bold, sometimes abrasive, forever passionate, Edward Curtis was the
quintessential romantic visionary. Curtis struggled through an impoverished
boyhood in Minnesota to become a successful society photographer in Seattle.
But he soon moved far beyond weddings and studio portraits to his life’s
work—a multi-volume photographic and ethnogrpahic work on the vanishing
world of the North American Indian.
Initially, Teddy Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan backed the ambitious project.
But as the work stretched over years, Curtis found himself alone with his
vision, struggling to finance himself and his crews. The 20-volume North
American Indians, finally completed in 1930, cost Curtis his marriage,
his friendships, his home, and his health. By the time he died in 1952,
he and his monumental work had lapsed into obscurity.
In this richly designed book, Anne Makepeace, creator of an award-winning
documentary on Curtis’s life, reexamines the lasting impact of his work.
Curtis’s photographs, once ignored, now serve as a link between the romantic
past and contemporary Native American communities, who have used his images
to reclaim and resurrect their traditions. The Publisher
(Hardcover - October 2000)
Edward
Curtis: The Master Prints
by Clark Worswick, Edward Curtis (Photographer)
Hardcover - 160 pages (October 10, 2001)
Arena Editions; ISBN: 1892041448
The
Plains Indian Photographs of Edward S. Curtis
by Edward S. Curtis (Photographer)
(Hardcover - May 2001)
Sites
and Structures : The Architectural Photographs of Edward S. Curtis
by Edward S. Curtis, et al
Legendary for his massive photographic undertaking The North American
Indian, Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) recorded much more than portraits
of Native American tribespeople. Among his huge body of work are numerous
images of all manner of native dwellings: tipis, hogans, huts, cliff houses,
adobes, and many more that are far less familiar to the public eye. Though
people are largely absent from these photographs, each image speaks volumes
about the lives and lifestyles of the tribes to which they belonged. Other
structures such as tombs, religious buildings, granaries, and totem poles
are also featured prominently, further glimpses into ways of life that
were in the process of disappearing. Taken from the Dan and Mary Solomon
collection, Sites & Structures: The Architectural Photographs of Edward
S. Curtis is the first book of Curtis photographs to explore these dwellings
and structures, faithfully reproduced from the original prints and gravures.
Curator and photography historian Rod Slemmons puts these photographs in
context among Curtis's more familiar portraits and considers their anthropological
and artistic importance. Reproduced in large, splendid tritones, Sites
& Structures is one of the finest monographs of this American photographic
master. The Publisher
(Hardcover - October 2000)
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Native
Nations : First Americans As Seen by Edward Curtis
by Edward S. Curtis, Christopher Cardozo (Editor)
Hardcover - 160 pages (October 1993)
Bulfinch Press; ISBN: 0821220527
Edward
Sheriff Curtis 1868-1952 (Photobook)
by Hans-Christian Adam, Edward S. Curtis
(Hardcover - October 1999)
The
North American Indian : The Complete Portfolios
by Edward S. Curtis
If you're looking for a bargain, this one's hard to beat. The images
are only postcard size, but the quality is typical Taschen - superlative.
Db.
Paperback: 768 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.50 x
8.00 x 5.75
Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc; Reprint edition (March
2002)
ISBN: 3822810398
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Edward
S. Curtis and the North American Indian Incorporated (Cambridge Studies
in American Literature and Culture)
by Mick Gidley
(Paperback - March 2000)
North
American Indians
by Edward S. Curtis
(Paperback - May 1997)
Edward
S. Curtis : Coming to Light
by Anne Makepeace
Hardcover - 216 pages (November 2001)
National Geographic Society; ISBN: 0792264045
Chiefs
& Warriors (Curtis, Edward S., North American Indian (1996), V. 1.)
by Edward C. Curtis, et al
(Hardcover - October 1996)
Edward
Sheriff Curtis : Visions of a Vanishing Race
by Edward S. Curtis, et al
(Paperback - November 2000)
Earth Always Endures : Native American Poems
by Neil Philip (Editor), Edward S. Curtis (Editor)
(Hardcover - September 1996)
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Shadow Catcher : The Life and Work of Edward S. Curtis
by Laurie Lawlor
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