Spirit Capture: Photographs from the National Museum of the American Indian [Paperback]

Tim Johnson (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 17, 1998

"Spirit Capture" brings together 200 of the most compelling images from the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) with essays from Native American historians, anthropologists, and curators. The book accompanies an exhibit of the same name scheduled to open in the fall of 1999 at NMAI in New York City. 202 photos, 25 in color.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The photo archives of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian hold nearly 90,000 images, from daguerrotypes to color slides. This book, which inspired an exhibition that will open in New York in 1999, provides excellent reproductions of more than 200 of them. The complexity of how Indians of the Western hemisphere were documented and depicted is not lost on the Native American essayists whose perceptive analyses accompany the photos. For instance, Tim Johnson (Mohawk) draws a parallel between developments in photography and events in the lives of Indians. The photographs selected for this book show a greater range of images and contexts than previously published. Highly recommended for photographic history, contemporary photography, ethnography, and Native American studies collections.?Kathleen Collins, Bank of America Archives, San Francisco
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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Smithsonian (October 17, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560987650
• ISBN-13: 978-1560987659
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,565,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)