Edward Sheriff Curtis



Alternative names	Birth name: Edward Sheriff Curtis; Edward Curtis; E. S. Curtis; E.S. Curtis; Edward Sherriff Curtis
Description	American photographer, anthropologist, explorer, film director and screenwriter
Date of birth/death	16 February 1868	19 October 1952
Location of birth/death	Whitewater	Los Angeles
Work period	1896 –1930
Work location	United States of America; Seattle
Authority file	: Q433128 VIAF: 31995046 ISNI: 000000012277999X ULAN: 500018219 LCCN: n80034999 NLA: 36204847 MusicBrainz: ae1b1f7a-440f-4c07-a596-869b72a02ddc Open Library: OL449882A GND: 11852304X SELIBR: 182635 SUDOC: 085939463 BNF: 149611799 NDL: 00437048 BIBSYS: 90605472 NKC: jx20061108004 SBN: RAVV104357 BNE: XX956873 CiNii: DA0037469X KulturNav: 788b3017-9deb-4c58-9131-c4fde6e272de RKD: 217686 J9U: 987007271042705171 Koninklijke: 068305567 Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural: pessoa12659/edward-s-curtis NLK: KAC201110914 WorldCat

Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) was an American photographer.

Many of his works are held by the U.S. Library of Congress; these are all now part of the public domain, since their copyright was never renewed.[1]

Publications[edit]

Canon de Chelly – Navajo. Seven riders on horseback and dog trek against background of canyon cliffs.
Navaho child (these images were not published in Curtis's multi-volume work, The North American Indian.)
Son of the desert - Navaho
Navaho medicine-man
Navajo girl
Navajo weaver
A Navajo man, full-length, in ceremonial dress including mask and body paint.
Navajo sandpainting
Navajo medicine man
A 'Yebichai Sweat' Navajo medicine ceremony.
A 'Yebichai Sweat' Navajo medicine ceremony: three Navajos in ceremonial dress with faces masked