Credit: Edward S. Curtis Curtis (1868–1952 ... Curtis may or may not have foreseen it, but his portraits became more than a personal mission; they became an enduring document of cultures ...

Edward S. Curtis (1868–1952) left an enduring mark on the history of photography in his 20-volume life's work, The North American Indian. Between 1900 and 1930, Curtis traveled across the continent ...

“They show a proud people during a period of difficult and often painful transition,” Rod Slemmons writes in “The Standing Rock Portraits ... famous work of Edward S. Curtis, who took ...