This talk will place Edward Curtis’s photographs for The North American Indian within the larger context of early twentieth-century photography, when Pictorialist, Modernist and social documentary styles vied for prominence. In addition, Dr. Dolan will discuss current works by contemporary Native American photographers Zig Jackson (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, b. 1957), Wendy Red Star (Apsa’alooke, b. 1981), and Will Wilson (Diné, b. 1969) that directly respond to Curtis and his photographic legacy.

Tickets: $5 for general public, $3 for High Desert Museum members, Students are free with ID card.

Please RSVP http://www.highdesertmuseum.org/rsvp and pay at the door.

PRESENTED BY NANCY R. CHANDLER VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAM, COCC