Edward Curtis Curtis Reframed: The Arizona Portfolios

Expositions du 3/3/2014 au 31/6/2014 Terminé

Arizona State Museum 1013 E University Blvd AZ85721 Tucson États-Unis

In the early decades of the 20th century, famed photographer of the American West Edward S. Curtis created and published a vast photographic record of North American Indians. These iconic images have generated controversyOpens in a new window even as they have fascinated generations of viewers. Photogravures from the permanent collections of the Arizona State Museum and examples of the copper plates from the collections of the Center for Creative PhotographyOpens in a new window explore Curtis’s work with 13 Arizona tribes from 1903 to 1928. Twenty images will be exhibited at one time, then rotated after six months, for a total of sixty over the life of the exhibit.