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This extraordinary collection of photographs was made 80 years ago on the Hopi mesas of northern Arizona by Kate Thompson Cory, a woman out of step with her time. For unknown reasons, Cory was not only befriended by the normally xenophobic Hopi, and given a home in their villages, she was allowed something almost all outsiders have been denied: a look into the heart of Hopi life. The results of that trust are images of social and sacred events unlike anything seen through the eye of a camera. Cory's intimacy with the Hopi is apparent in each of these images. From her portraits, and scenes of daily life, to the exotic rituals that have fascinated visitors for centuries, she captured the Hopi Way, the profound spiritual and orderly community that allowed Hopi cultures to endure for a thousand years. That she could have achieved such a high technical quality is equally remarkable. She became an adept and dexterous photographer at a time when most Americans considered the medium a novelty. What has been achieved by bringing this collection to light is a record of unarguable historic and aesthetic importance- the capture of anthropological moments frozen in time, when change had not yet overwhelmed the enduring Hopi. -- from Back Cover.
The work of the seven photographers presented in this book demonstrates that pictures of Hopi Indians and their villages by Hopi photographers have a sensitivity and clarity of meaning that is based on mutual trust and understanding. There is a sense of dignity and grandeur in these vivid pictures which are accompanied by a history of the work of photographers on the Hopi reservation.
A sensitive and skilled (color) essay on Navajo and Hopi people, their life and land.
The work of the seven photographers presented in this book demonstrates that pictures of Hopi Indians and their villages by Hopi photographers have a sensitivity and clarity of meaning that is based on mutual trust and understanding. There is a sense of dignity and grandeur in these vivid pictures which are accompanied by a history of the work of photographers on the Hopi reservation.
Photographer and filmmaker Victor Masayesva, Jr., was raised in the Hopi village of Hotevilla and was educated at the Horace Mann School in New York, Princeton University, and the University of Arizona. His immersion in photographic experimentation embraces a projection of stories and symbols, natural objects, and locations both at Hopi and worldwide. His work has been exhibited internationally, and he is perhaps best known for his feature-length film Imagining Indians. For Masayesva, photography is a discipline that he approaches in a manner similar to the way that he was taught about himself and his clan identity. As he navigates his personal associations with Hopi subject matter in varied investigations of biology, ecology, humanity, history, planetary energy, places remembered, and musings on things broken and whole, he has created an extraordinary visual cosmography. In this compilation of his photographic journey, Masayesva presents some of the most important and vibrant images of that visual quest and reflects on them in provocative essays.
169 illus., 137 color, 30 line drawings. Orig. $60.00.
Combining reportage with portraiture, this work includes sections on the Big Mountain Navajo and the ceremonial life of the Rio Grande pueblos. Each section is prefaced with a commentary by the photographer, providing an insight into the diversity and traditions of Native American life.
Photographer and filmmaker Victor Masayesva, Jr., was raised in the Hopi village of Hotevilla and was educated at the Horace Mann School in New York, Princeton University, and the University of Arizona. His immersion in photographic experimentation embraces a projection of stories and symbols, natural objects, and locations both at Hopi and worldwide. His work has been exhibited internationally, and he is perhaps best known for his feature-length film Imagining Indians. For Masayesva, photography is a discipline that he approaches in a manner similar to the way that he was taught about himself and his clan identity. As he navigates his personal associations with Hopi subject matter in varied investigations of biology, ecology, humanity, history, planetary energy, places remembered, and musings on things broken and whole, he has created an extraordinary visual cosmography. In this compilation of his photographic journey, Masayesva presents some of the most important and vibrant images of that visual quest and reflects on them in provocative essays.