Picture 1 of 1

Stock photo

Curtis Edward S by New Holland Publishers (2012, Hardcover)

Brenham Book Company (1328)

94.6% positive feedback

Price:

$62.52

+ $4.25 shipping

Estimated delivery Wed, Nov 12 - Tue, Nov 18

Returns:

30 days returns. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.

Condition:

Brand New

About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherTaschen

ISBN-103836539284

ISBN-139783836539289

eBay Product ID (ePID)117343063

Product Key Features

Book TitleCurtis Edward S

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicIndividual Photographers / Monographs, Individual Photographers / General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, Photography

AuthorNew Holland Publishers

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight43.4 Oz

Item Length12.2 in

Item Width9.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal770.92

SynopsisIn search of lost time. For over thirty years, photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) traveled the length and breadth of North America, seeking to record in words and images the traditional life of its vanishing indigenous inhabitants. Like a man possessed, he strove to realize his life's work, which culminated in the publication of his encyclopedia "The North American Indian"". In the end this monumental work comprised twenty textual volumes and twenty portfolios with over 2000 illustrations. No other photographer has created a larger oeuvre on this theme, In search of a lost time: The most complete document of America's indigenous peoples For over thirty years, photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) traveled the length and breadth of North America, seeking to record in words and images the traditional life of its vanishing indigenous inhabitants. Like a man possessed, he strove to realize his life's work, which culminated in the publication of his encyclopedia The North American Indian . In the end, this monumental work comprised twenty textual volumes and twenty portfolios with over 2000 illustrations. No other photographer has created a larger oeuvre on this theme, and it is Curtis, more than any other, who has crucially molded our conception of Native Americans. This book shows the photographer's most impressive pictures and vividly details his journey through life, which led him not only into the prairies but also into the film studios of Hollywood., For over thirty years, photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) traveled the length and breadth of North America, seeking to record in words and images the traditional life of its vanishing indigenous inhabitants. Like a man possessed, he strove to realize his life's work, which culminated in the publication of his encyclopedia The North American Indian . In the end, this monumental work comprised twenty textual volumes and twenty portfolios with over 2000 illustrations. No other photographer has created a larger oeuvre on this theme, and it is Curtis, more than any other, who has crucially molded our conception of Native Americans. This book shows the photographer's most impressive pictures and vividly details his journey through life, which led him not only into the prairies but also into the film studios of Hollywood.