FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS
Early Photographs of North American Indigenous Peoples
Exhibition: July 26 - September 15, 2012
Reception: Thursday, August 2, 5-9pm
Co-Curated by
Rare Photo Gallery and Stephen Bulger Gallery.
We are pleased to present an exhibition of over 50 vintage prints,
from a wide variety of makers, which concentrates on photographs of
North American Indigenous Peoples. Early
ethnographic photography is a hybrid of fact and fiction; however an
appreciation for their unique qualities as historical artifacts enables
the viewer to move beyond pure exoticism.
Photographer Unknown,
Esquimaux
Ou-Se-Gong (Jeannie), circa 1866
Photographer Unknown,
Esquimaux
Kud-Lup-pa-mune (Abbott), circa 1866
The
majority of the exhibition is arranged geographically and a number of
photographs are made by unknown photographers (comprised of professional
photographers, ethnographers and amateurs). It will also feature many
types of early photographic processes and techniques, which serves to
underscore the evolving nature of what the medium was able to capture
and present.
H. G. Kaiser, Madonna of the North, circa
1906
S. W. Ormsby, ‘Walks on the
Ground’, Assiniboine, circa 1900
Known photographers in the exhibition include:
GEORGE
BARKER; D.F. BARRY; W.P. BLISS; L.T. BURWASH; CASE & DRAPER;
DRANE; E.W. HALL; HAMILTON & HOYT; RICHARD HARRINGTON; WILLIAM
E. IRWIN; H.G. KAISER; W.H. MARTIN; HANNAH H. MAYNARD; LEE WILLIAM MOHR;
WILLIAM M. NOTMAN; S.W. ORMSBY; WILLIAM M. PENNINGTON; HARRY POLLARD;
and ISAIAH WEST TABER.
Richard Harrington,
Padlei, NV,
1950
Photographer Unknown
(Attributed to the photographer W. J. Oliver), Banff, circa 1927
