Bold, sometimes abrasive, forever passionate, Edward Curtis was the quintessential romantic visionary. His life's work was a multi-volume photographic and ethnographic work on the vanishing world of the North American Indian, but by the time he died in 1952, he and his monumental work had lapsed into obscurity.

In this richly designed book, Anne Makepeace, creator of an award-winning documentary on Curtis's life, reexamines the lasting impact of his work. Curtis's photographs, once ignored, now serve as a link between the romantic past and contemporary Native American communities who have used his images to reclaim and resurrect their traditions.

• 216 pages, 110 photographs
• 8 1/2'' x 10''
• Hardcover
• © 2001