Encore!
Curtis' exhibit tells a noble history
Photographic study show s a < (impelling
c ultural portrait ot Native Americ an pa^t
By |ulii* Decker
f ncore ( ontribulor
\ lesson in history is seldom
,is compelling .is the v isual es
sav "Images of and Idvllit Pas!
The photographs ol Kdyvard S
(! u rl is
The exhibition. on loan Irom
the I luster ( anility Art ( enter in
Miles City. Montana and cur
rently on display .it the I nivei
site’s Museum ol Natural llisto
ry features t>0 sepia-toned
photogravures from (lurtis epu
study ot early 20th i entury
Amerii an life. I he North
A merit an Indian
Although the exhibition
serves as a lesson in history , it
is not a let tore I he photo
graphs portray scenes Irom the
everyday lives ol the Native
Amerii ans. ini hiding (lurtis
oy\ n views ol tribal stereotypes
in choosing si enes he save as
ty pit al and manipulating Ins
subjects to convey .1 sense ol
personality and a greater sense
ol culture
Native Amcrii an ( liiefs arc
adorned u ilh clalioralc head
dresses children emerge Irom
tepees, and Iptem poles loom in
the ha< hgronnd. staring out at
the viewer, telling then folk
tales and allow mg for the red is
i overs ol the North Amerii an
past
( learh within eai It photo
graph is the ahilitv of the N'a
live Americans to live off the
land, to work with and become
part of nature .1 re< iprncal re
lationship of trust and resper t
rather than one of selfish mo
lives and destrut lion
There is a sense of romanti
(ism in ( till is' work in the
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vv.i\ hr portravs the \ativr
Mneruans .1-- innately nuhli'
living in a world uninterrupted
ll\ till' loth i rut u r\
I hr photographs do nut rep
resent i ulttiral ( lunge hut in
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.11 portrait th.it \ isu.ilU It'll ol ,i
mode ol 1111■ whir h has progres
sivoh disappeared hut that is
so much a part ol American
history It hriaimi's surprising
that in sin h a small lormat
( u rt is u as a III i' to offer such r\
tensive portrayal, using Ins
i amera to bring the past into to
(US
(airtis began his study in
1 HUH u Ill'll he set out to iihtalll
in his words, "a ((iniprehen
si\ e and permanent rei ord ol
all the important tribes ol the
I nited States and Alaska that
still retain to a t onsiderahle de
glee then primitive i ustonis
and traditions
rhe projei I had tinancial
backing irom I I’ Morgan and
support Irom I’res Theodore
Roosevelt who wrote In Mi
I nrtis we have both an aitist
,iii<l .i Iraineil obsi'ivi'i whose
pii luifs are pic tuirs not mi'it'
l\ photographs: wliosi- work
has far morr than ai i urau\ be
i ,iusi' it is truthful
Tlif pinji'i I emleit up takum
ovit it) vi'ars anil resulted in
mult' than -40.0(10 photographs
nf morn than HU North Annrri
i an tribes
Thu photographs in till* exhi
hition i ovit even aspuc I ol
('urlis' work, from sliaiiihtlor
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