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
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