Introduction to the History of Photography

E. S. Curtis (1904): Canon de Chelly – Navajo. Seven riders on horseback and dog trek against background of canyon cliffs. A smoky day at the Sugar Bowl-- Hupa , c. 1923. Hupa man with spear, standing on rock midstream   Hopi mother, 1922.   Crow's Heart, Mandan The Pool- Apache Self-Portrait of Edward S. Curtis 1868-1952.   The North American Indian at Project Gutenberg at Archive.org at Northwestern University In 1906 J.P. Morgan offered Curtis $3,000 to produce a series on the North American Indian. It was to be in 20 volumes with 1,500 photographs. Morgan was to receive 25 sets and 500 original prints as his method of repayment. 222 complete sets were eventually published. Curtis' goal was not just to photograph, but to document, as much American Indian (Native American) traditional life as possible before that way of life disappeared. He wrote in the introduction to his first volume in 1907: "The information that is to ...