With varying levels of accuracy, Edward Sheriff Curtis passionately dedicated his life to documenting the cultures of Indigenous peoples.
In “Double Exposure: Edward S. Curtis, Marianne Nicolson, Tracy Rector, Will Wilson” at SAM, you can see rare examples of Curtis’ photos across many media: sepia-toned photogravures, platinum prints, sliver gelatin prints, cyanotypes, and orotones (goldtones), a process perfected by Curtis. The exhibition also includes one of Curtis’s cameras, lantern slides he used in multimedia lectures promoting his project, audio field recordings of languages and songs made on wax cylinders, and a projection of his docu-drama feature-length film made in British Columbia, “In the Land of the Head Hunters” (1914).
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Jun 14 – Sep 9, 2018