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Ladataan... Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis (vuoden 2013 painos)Tekijä: Timothy Egan (Tekijä)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. I recommend book for its well-written account of Edward Curtis's work in documenting the moving story of native Americans through his iconic photographs during the most rapid period of their persecution and cultural assimilation. The story does seem to include reconstructed or recalled conversations in places that raise doubts about the balance between gripping story-telling and historical veracity, and there are too few of Curtis's evocative photographs, which are more often described than displayed. But this is a memorable and important story for everyone of how the lives of individuals and even entire nations are evanescent and too easily misrepresented or forgotten. ( ) Completed Audible version...The images that accompanied the audio version did not load on my tablet which was frustrating. The narrator's voice seemed more suited to movie trailer voice overs - everything was bold and emphatic. Egan's writing was compelling, thoughtful, and informed. It was not an academic thesis but a story of a Curtis' life work. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan is about the life of Edward Curtis, a photographer who dedicated his life to capturing the rituals, culture and stories of North American Indians in, what he believed to be their last days. While the name Edward Curtis didn’t mean much to me, I definitely recognized many of his pictures. During the first half of the 20th Century, Curtis travelled the continent, and is responsible for many classic shots. He was also able to photograph Chief Joseph, Geronimo, and Chief Red Hawk before they passed away. He appeared to be totally obsessed with his mission and in order to fund his travels and equipment, he pretty much traded off all rights to his work. His most important mentor was J. P. Morgan, but Curtis took very little for himself. When he died in 1952, he was broke and forgotten. Some twenty years after his death, a treasure trove of his pictures came to light and his work is lauded today for it’s artistic and educational value. During his career, Curtis took more than 40,000 photographs, preserved 10,000 audio recordings and is credited with making the first narrative documentary film. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher reads like an adventure novel as Timothy Egan captures the life of this talented yet obsessed man. From the bottom of the Grand Canyon, to the high mesas in New Mexico and on to the Salish Indians on the Pacific Coast, he visited more than eighty tribes altogether which resulted in a 20 volume work entitled “The North American Indian”. This was an excellent read about a fascinating subject.
Timothy Egan brings Curtis alive as an energetic overachiever scrambling against the annihilating effects of time, government officials and Christian missionaries PalkinnotDistinctionsNotable Lists
"Edward Curtis was dashing, charismatic, a passionate mountaineer, a famous photographer--the Annie Liebowitz of his time. And he was thirty-two years old in 1900 when he gave it all up to pursue his great idea: He would try to capture on film the Native American nation before it disappeared. At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, Egan's book tells the remarkable untold story behind Curtis's iconic photographs, following him throughout Indian country from desert to rainforest as he struggled to document the stories and rituals of more than eighty tribes. Even with the backing of Theodore Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan, it took tremendous perseverance--six years alone to convince the Hopi to allow him into their Snake Dance ceremony. The undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate. He would die penniless and unknown in Hollywood just a few years after publishing the last of his twenty volumes. But the charming rogue with the grade-school education had fulfilled his promise--his great adventure succeeded in creating one of America's most stunning cultural achievements."-- Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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