I honestly think this is my favorite reading out of all of them not because photo is my major but because this article really caught my attention with the culture, the argument of the artists art work and the photographs. I loved both Curtis's and Throssel's work but my favorite has to be Edward Curtis just because I love his portraits. Curtis shows more of how the Native Americans looked and dressed or their emotions and Throssel shows their whole culture, religion, ceremonies, and where they lived. I actually disagree with Deloria's comment she said that Curtis's art work suggests a movie still rather than a historical event and that he froze his subjects in the distant past.
That may be right but I do think it shows culture and how they looked back then or how they were feeling. He was like the reading says an emotional formalist, not a documentarian which I find okay. There are many tribes who supported him just because they see it as a record for the next generations ahead. Throssel on the other hand is Native American and an adopted member of the crow which let him attend and photograph/record ceremonies or possibly historical events. Throssel documented daily conditions (health related) and tribal events. They used there way of seeing things to help us even though it might not be accurate.
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