Alone with the Past ~ Lawrence

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From the western research/reference library of Jerry Crandall

Alone with the Past 

by Ernest R. Lawrence

Afton Press, 2012

Condition; good, dust jacket over hard cover

ROLAND REED’S decision came at the last possible moment. By the dawn of the twentieth century, this country’s Native Americans were living on reservations, their old ways of life unalterably changed. Royal W. (Roland) Reed, Jr. (1864-1934) was one of a small number of professional photographers now known as Pictorialists who set out to document this “vanishing” race. Employing new artistic techniques and often posing their subjects, the Pictorialists recreated the “noble savage” as they imagined them to have been in the past, not as they presently found them. Reed’s better known contemporary, Edward Curtis, enjoyed broad backing and financial support for his work. Reed did not; his work was solitary, self-directed, and self-funded. Fascinating story and engaging photos.