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Portraits challenge cultural perceptions
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By juxtaposing original portraits of Native Americans with photos of herself dressed in garments from her native India, photographer Annu Palakunnathu Matthew seems to ask viewers to scrutinize reinforced stereotypes about the two cultures.
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Annu Palakunnathu Matthew • Black-and-white • India • Native American • Portraits • U.S. • World
A portrait of the American Indian
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Over a 23-year period, from 1907 to 1930, Edward Curtis took more than 2,000 photos of 80 Native American tribes stretching from the Great Plains to the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. He then published and sold these photos, along with narrative text, in 20 volumes of work known as “The North American Indian.”
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Edward Curtis • Native American • Photo Book • Portraits • U.S.
