Edward S. Curtis

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documentary photographer ethnologist human photographer

Edward S. Curtis was an American photographer and ethnologist best known for his extensive early 20th-century documentation of Native American peoples and cultures.

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Edward S. Curtis canonical 1
Edward Sheriff Curtis 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf documentary photographer ⓘ
ethnologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
photographer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1930s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1890 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1868-02-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1952-10-19 ⓘ
endTimeOfTheNorthAmericanIndianProject 1930 ⓘ
ethnicGroupDocumented Apache ⓘ
Hopi people ⓘ
surface form: Hopi

Kwakwaka'wakw ⓘ
Navajo people ⓘ
surface form: Navajo

Sioux people ⓘ
surface form: Sioux
familyName Curtis ⓘ
fieldOfWork Native American studies ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
portrait photography ⓘ
fullName Edward S. Curtis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edward Sheriff Curtis
genre documentary photography ⓘ
ethnographic photography ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
hasPhotographicProcessUsed goldtone (orotone) ⓘ
photogravure ⓘ
platinum print ⓘ
hasSignatureWorkTheme documentation of Native American cultures ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
movement Pictorialism ⓘ
notableWork In the Land of the Head Hunters ⓘ
The North American Indian ⓘ
numberOfPortfoliosOfTheNorthAmericanIndian 20 ⓘ
numberOfVolumesOfTheNorthAmericanIndian 20 ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
ethnologist ⓘ
film director ⓘ
photographer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Whitewater, Wisconsin ⓘ
surface form: Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Clara J. Phillips ⓘ
startTimeOfTheNorthAmericanIndianProject 1907 ⓘ
subjectOf critical debate over representation of Native Americans ⓘ
supportedBy J. P. Morgan ⓘ

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Princess Angeline → hasPhotographTakenBy → Edward S. Curtis ⓘ
Edward S. Curtis → fullName → Edward S. Curtis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward Sheriff Curtis