22.12.07

Enfant inuit. Edward S. Curtis

2 commentaires:

mathurin a dit…

j'aime beaucoup cette image !!! La composition, le regard de l'enfant qui fuit l'objectif, le travail de noir et blanc...j'arrête sinon j'ecrirai un livre !

Jay River a dit…

Curtis's work reverberates on through history because he knew how to capture character and soul on camera.

He has, however, turned into a subject of controversy because of the tug of war between documentary and art.

I think the images speak for themselves.

You might find it interesting that there is a film of Curtis's 'Indian Picture Opera', found on Amazon. It reflects, in his own words, about the people he spent many years observing. I think it makes his legacy less confusing, and filters out the noise of the last century.