Navajo and Photography: A Critical History of the Representation of an American People

by James C. Faris and James C. Fairs

Book Overview

"Our God Tscorenci was our Father and created the sun, which is like a mirror. He sees us from up on high and makes photographs of our reflection. When we die the photograph disappears. Many have been lost."
--Kenchori, an Ash?ninka from Peruvian Amazonia, when asked to tell a story concerning cameras (From W. Baker, Backward: An Essay on Indians, Time, and Photography).

Historically photographs say less about the Navajo than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874807611
• ISBN13: 9780874807615
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"