Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Native Americans |
| Payment and control of representation |
| 2 | Native Americans and their control of their representation |
| 3 | Edward P. Tobie: Photographing Indians |
| Early studies |
| 4 | Daguerreotypes: Ethnic: Native Americans |
| 5 | Maungwudaus (George Henry) |
| 6 | Stereoviews: Native Americans |
| 7 | Tintypes: Ethnic: Native Americans |
| 8 | Cartes de visite: Native Americans |
| 9 | Cabinet cards: Ethnic: Native Americans |
| 10 | Photochroms: Native Americans |
| Vanishing world |
| 11 | Native American: The search for the Vanishing Race and a vanishing world |
| Photographers of Native Americans |
| 12 | Indigenous photographers of North America |
| 13 | Photographers of Native Americans |
| 14 | Alexander Gardner: Ogallalla Sioux (May, 1872) |
| 15 | William Henry Jackson: Portraits of American Indians (1876) |
| 16 | De Lancey W. Gill: Native Americans |
| 17 | Frederick Monsen: Native Americans |
| 18 | Joel E. Whitney: Native Americans |
| 19 | Camillus S. Fly: Native Americans |
| 20 | Eadweard Muybridge: The Indians of California |
| 21 | Byron H. Gurnsey: Native Americans |
| 22 | John K. Hillers: Native Americans |
| 23 | C.R. Savage: Native Americans |
| 24 | Elias A. Bonine: Native Americans |
| 25 | Charles F. Lummis: Native Americans |
| 26 | Frank Jay Haynes: Native Americans |
| 27 | Carl Moon: Native Americans |
| 28 | Adam Clark Vroman: Native Americans |
| 29 | Prince Roland Napoléon Bonaparte: Collection anthropologique du Prince Roland Bonaparte, Peaux Rouges (before 1884) |
| 30 | William McFarlane Notman: Canada: First Nations |
| 31 | Frank Rinehart and Adolph F. Muir: Native Americans |
| 32 | Frank Rinehart and Adolph F. Muhr: Attendees of the 1898 Indian Congress |
| Native Americans |
| 33 | Frank Rinehart: Platinum prints: Native Americans |
| 34 | Gertrude Käsebier: Native Americans |
| 35 | Laura Gilpin: New Mexico and Arizona |
| 36 | Edward S. Curtis: Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899) |
| 37 | Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian |
| 38 | Edward S. Curtis and Pictorialism |
| 39 | Edward S. Curtis: Photograph frames |
| 40 | Joseph Kossuth Dixon: The Vanishing Race (1925) |
| 41 | Walter McClintock: The Blackfoot of Montana and their environment |
| Warriors and celebrity |
| 42 | North American Indian Wars: Portraits of Native American leaders |
| Indian delegations |
| 43 | Indian delegations |
| Settlements |
| 44 | John K. Hillers: Native American settlements |
| Enforced acculturation |
| 45 | John N. Choate: Indian Training School, Carlisle, PA |
| Indian wars |
| 46 | North American Indian Wars: Introduction |
| 47 | North American Indian Wars: The photography of aftermath |
| 48 | Modoc War (1872-1873) |
| Contemporary photographers |
| 49 | Gary Auerbach: Native Americans |
| Contemporary trends |
| 50 | The inappropriate usage of Native American imagery |
| 51 | First Nations and contemporary art and photography |
