U.S. Embassy Press Release
March 26, 2007
U.S. Embassy Sponsors Photography Exhibit
on the North American Indians at SM Malls in March, April
A unique photographic exhibition on the life of North American Indians will travel through Manila, Davao, and Baguio on a special program sponsored by the U.S. Embassy.
“Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian” features 60 photographs that celebrate the native peoples of North America, and their history and culture. The exhibit illustrates the broad and extraordinary diversity among the indigenous peoples of North America.
Famed photographer and ethnographer Edward S. Curtis lived at the turn of the 20th century, and took more than 45,000 pictures of Native Americans between 1900 and 1930 – the most comprehensive photo-ethnographic record of the North American Indians ever created.
The U.S. Department of State arranged for the traveling exhibit through the partnership of Christopher Cardozo of the Cardozo Fine Arts Museum of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 60 prints in the exhibit were chosen from Mr. Cardozo’s personal collection of more than 4,000 vintage Curtis prints, and are representative of the diverse cultural and geographic regions in which Curtis photographed.
The “Sacred Legacy” exhibit, which will travel throughout Asia, celebrates the culture and society of indigenous populations, and include educational information about key figures, events, and customs in various North American Indian societies in the early 1900s. The exhibit can be viewed at the following locations:
The U.S. Embassy would like to thank SM Malls for their partnership and assistance in this unique event.
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