Edward S. Curtis spent years, in the early part of the 20th century, traveling the American West and creating stunning, and poignant, photographic portraits of Native American people and their vanishing lifeways. There is a wealth of internet resources on Curtis, including a great feature at the
Library of Congress web site. The Library of Congress also archives a
substantial collection of Curtis's work, from which most of the ones I post here will be drawn.
This first set of Curtis photos is of native people of the Southwestern US.
A Corner of Zuni
A Navaho smile
A Navajo man wearing blanket and headband
An Acoma man
An Acoma woman
Apache girl and papoose
Child life, in the cottonwoods, Navaho
Cohit Songwi, Tewa girl
East Mesa girls, Hopi
Jicarilla maiden
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