Lecture on photography of Edward S. Curtis March 10, 2007
Seattle, Washington 98104
Dennis Andersen, local architectural historian, will present a lecture on Edward S. Curtis, noted photographer of Native Americans, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 10 at the Central Library, Howard S. Wright Family & Janet W. Ketcham Meeting Room (Room 2).
The event is free and everyone is welcome. Registration is not required. Doors will open at 1:15 p.m. Parking in the Central Library garage will be available for one to two hours for $7.
Curtis devoted 30 years of his life to photographing and documenting more than 80 tribes west of the Mississippi, from the Mexican border to northern Alaska.
The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room on Level 10 of the Central Library has a complete set of the "The North American Indian," a 20-volume collection of Curtis' photographs.
This event is presented in cooperation with the Book Club of Washington.
For more information, contact the Library at (206) 386-4636.
Official Website: http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=branch_central_features&branchID=1&cid=1173211472238
Comments
jayrivers
If you are a fan of Edward S. Curtis, you will find the following to be of interest.
THE INDIAN PICTURE OPERA, a new film on the works of Curtis is a re-creation of a 1911 Curtis Slide show and lecture. The dvd can be searched out on Amazon.
This production goes way beyond the images themselves. It's a virtual vignette on E.S.Curtis's observations from a century ago.
The film probes the foundations of native American deity's, beliefs, and the quest for food.
I'm sure you will enjoy!