Navajo and Photography

A Critical History of the Representation of an American People

Bibliographic Data

ID7197129
AuthorsJay Ruby, James C Faris
Year1998
Volume4
Issue2
Pages369-369
Publication date1998-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-0987 • E-ISSN: 1467-9655
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2307/3034528
OpenAlexW2012523175
LanguageEN
Citations received12

HISTORICALLY, PHOTOGRAPHS have said less about the Navajo than about the photographers of Navajos. In Navajo and Photography James Faris calls attention to the inability of these photographs to communicate either the lived experiences of native people or their history. Beginning with the earliest photographs of Navajos in captivity at Bosque Redondo and including recent glossy picture books and calendars, Faris's survey points up assumptions that have always governed photographic representation of the Navajo people. Full of the work of photographers such as Edward S. Curtis and Laura Gilpin, as well as photographs by many less-well-known figures, readers will find Navajo and Photography an enlightening juxtaposition of cultures

Art · Linguistics · Navajo · Photography · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Visual arts · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Law · Philosophy

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