Photography Stieglitz Analysis

Photography can be monotonous taking pictures of the same thing. Reading Module three is interesting since photography had to go against a lot of norms. Artist did not see art in a form of photography but Alfred Stieglitz disagreed. Stieglitz and others photographers changed how society viewed photography. There was a particular photographer who decided to take a different approach. Edward Curtis he documented several of Indian tribes. He enjoyed his work experiencing the life of a unique culture. Curtis went outside his comfort zone to understand what Indian culture was like. His first encounter taking of a specific tribe was not his last time. When he traveled, he realized he could make a project of his pictures. Curtis’ pictures told a story about how beautiful the tribes were. He wanted to convey a message on how they lived day by day. Later on people started to realized that the significance of their lives. Curtis wanted his …show more content…
Documentary photography was a huge step especially choosing Indians as a subject. Curtis dedicated forty years of his life to show that Indians matter too. When he saw this opportunity to explore he did. Viewers who are Native American Indian will value these pictures if their history was lost. For him he felt the need to record this part of history. He would document what they did like hunting or talking together. He would also document rituals that they had because it was something they enjoyed doing. Curtis saw Indians as a beautiful culture because they were a population that was foreign to society. In order for him to adapt to many cultures he “ Curtis gradually learned to speak many tongues, he found it advantages, generally, to use member of the tribe as consoler and confidant” (Andrews, 6). Even though he had studio he spent less time in it and more with the Indians. He wanted to invest time into various tribes and craved to fit in their