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Hopi Angel – Vintage Print

Hopi Angel, c1905. — historic photograph
Hopi Angel, c1905.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Hopi Angel, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Edward S. Curtis gave this c1905 portrait of a Hopi child the title "Hopi Angel," a name that points to the sitter's appearance rather than a documented identity, and the record does not name the child. Curtis worked among the Hopi villages of northeastern Arizona during these years, building the photographic record for his multivolume series *The North American Indian*. His portraits of children often show the careful lighting and composition that shaped how Western audiences pictured Native life at the time. Viewers today may want to consider how much of the image reflects the child and how much reflects the photographer's choices.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesCurtis no. 1133-04. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsIndians of North America--Children--1900-1910. Hopi Indians--Children--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,172 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119250

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