Author: FLEMING, PAULA RICHARDSON
Title: The shadow catchers : images of the American Indian / Paula Richardson Fleming and Judith Lynn Luskey
Description: London : Laurence King 1993. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good. slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description: 176 p. : ill. maps. ports. ; 32 cm. Notes: Includes bibliography and index. Summary: American Indians are said to have named the first photographers they encountered 'the shadow catchers'. This book presents a selection of the work of these photographers. ranging from the pioneering work of John Alvin Anderson. to the increasingly sophisticated and sympathetic work of the Pictorialists such as Edward S. Curtis. It also includes lesser-known photographers. such as Sumner W. Matteson. George Wharton James and the Gerhard sisters. Subject: Indians of North America - History - 19th century - Pictorial works. Indians of North America - History - 20th century - Pictorial works. Indians of North America - Pictorial works. Indians of North America - Portraits. Indians of North America - History. Photography - United States - History. Indians of North America in art. Photography. Documentary - United States. Photography in ethnology. Indians of North America. United States. American Indians - History. North America. North American Indians. Photographers/ Photographs/ History. Dates covered: 1850-1900. Photographs: portraits ; American history ; Indigenous peoples. North America ; c 1800 to c 1900. PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Portraits HISTORY / Americas (North. Central. South. West Indies) SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies. Other names: Luskey. Judith. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. ISBN: 1856690342. Weight in Kg appr.:

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