The Eastern California Museum is located at 155 N. Grant, Street, Independence, CA, and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. For more information, call 760-878-0258, or go to their web site by clicking here. You can see descriptions of the Museum's most recent exhibits by clicking here.
The Eastern California Museum displayed an exhibit on A. A. Forbes (along with Edward Curtis) between March 19, 2011 and February 28, 2012. Sadly, we were not able to attend.
Summary of the Exhibit: Photographs by Andrew A. Forbes. The exhibit presents the two men’s (Forbes and Curtis) differing perspectives on the use of photography to document the changing West.
Edward S. Curtis stated his intent to create a visual and textual document of American Indians beginning in 1906, for his 20-volume epic, “The North American Indian.” Many of his photos have become iconic images. The Moore Family Trust recently donated 30 Curtis photogravures to the Eastern California Museum.
These classic, formal Curtis images will be contrasted with the work of pioneer photographer Andrew A. Forbes, who began his photo-documentation of the settling of the Owens Valley and the valley’s Paiute tribes around 1902. Photos of camps and dwellings present the view with the most striking difference between the two men’s approaches to documenting the culture, and cultural changes taking place in the west at the time.
The two photographers also took different approaches to studio portraits that present contrasting interpretations of their Native American subjects. Guest curator Richard Stewart will provide explanatory text and the exhibit’s interpretive information. Stewart, a member of the Big Pine Paiute Shoshone Tribe is an artist, poet and exhibit designer. The exhibit was titled "1,000 Words or More …” .
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