Edward Sheriff Curtis
...ed in gold tones and silver tones. Later know at goldtones and slivertinits. A very nice invention. Between the year of 1896 and 1930 Edward Sheriff Curtis took pictures of all the major Native American tribes west of the Mississippi. He used over 40,000 negatives and photographed over 80 tribes. He documented the tribes as well. So much information he gathered from them. They were non-violent toward him. Which was rare to see after what the white man did to the indians. In 1897 Thomas Guptill left the studio now making the name of the studio Edward Sheriff Curtis, Photographer and Photograver. In 1898 Curtis goes on a journey to Mt. Ranier. He took many pictures because he is a photographer and that is what photographers do. He also wrote an article in ''Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine'' This article made Edward Sheriff Curtis recognized by the world. He won first place in the Genre Class at the national Photographic Convention. He won the same prize again the following year. His award winning photos were named: "Evening on Puget Sound, The Clam Digger, and The Mussel Gatherer. All of which are great photos. In 1899 Curtis went on a great expedition. It was the Harriman expedition to Alaska. This expedition was very important to the history of the United States. It was a survey of Alaska to see if the United States wanted to further explore Alaska. The leader of the trip was Robert Grinnel. Curtis Photographed many of Alaska great glaciers. Curtis made a photo album for all the people that went with him on the trip. In 1900 Curtis traveled to the Blackfoot Indians in Montana. That was his first known solo photographing adventure. The purpose of this trip was the photograph the "sun dance". A dance that the Blackfoot would do. Curtis described it as wild and terrifying. He sell his photos like crazy. He soon after takes over the studio of Frank la Roche, another famous photographer of Alaska and the Indians. In 1901 Curtis made his first formal plans to photograph all the Indian...