| Names: | Born: John Karl Hillers
Other: Jack K. Hillers
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| | Dates: | 1843 - 1925 | | Born: | Germany | | Active: | US |
Photographed John Wesley Powell‘s second expedition down the Colorado River, he also photographed Native Americans and the Grand Canyon.
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Washington, DC, US
[7-0] *"Photographer"; photog. with the Powell
Survey in 71-75, thereafter continued photog.
the Grand Canyon region until 78; "Topographical
Geological Survey of the Colorado River of
West", "Views on the Aquarius Plateau", "Views
on Water Pocket Creek", etc., etc. Utah, Grand
Canyon, Hopi Mesas, Indians, landscapes,
waterfalls, cliffs, plants, pools, rivers,
boats, groups. Pub. by Powell & Thompson,
Interior Department, few by Jarvis of
Washington. B. Germany 43; emigrated to the
U.S. 52; worked with Major Powell much of his
photog. career in government service; D. 25.
SEE John K. Hillers, Photographed All the Best
Scenery, ed. Don D. Fowler, University of Utah
Press, 1972.
T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the United States of America, (National Stereoscopic Association) |
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| Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. | | Go to website |
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• Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford: Oxford University Press) [Includes a short biography on John K. Hillers.]
• Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London 1979 The Photograph Collector’s Guide (London: Secker and Warburg) p.162-163 [Long out of print but an essential reference work - the good news is that a new edition is in preparation.]
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