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History Native American

Images from the Likeness House

by (author) Dan Savard

Publisher
Royal BC Museum
Initial publish date
May 2010
Category
Native American, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780772661500
    Publish Date
    May 2010
    List Price
    $39.95

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Description

On a winter's day in 1889, Tsimshian Chief Arthur Wellington Clah went to Hannah and Richard Maynard's photography studio in Victoria "to give myself likeness." In Images from the Likeness House, Dan Savard explores the relationship between First Peoples in British Columbia, Alaska and Washington and the photographers who made images of them from the late 1850s to the 1920s. He gives examples of the great technological advancements that took place, from wet-glass-plate to nitrate-film negatives, showing the images in their original state, not cropped, corrected or retouched. This is not only an important book about photography, but also a visual statement about perception (and misperception), cultural change and survival. Images from the Likeness House will appeal to ethnographers, photographers, art lovers and anyone interested in the history of BC, Alaska and Washington.

About the author

Dan Savard is senior collections manager of the Anthropology Audio Visual Collection at the RBCM. He has authored several academic papers and given many illustrated presentations on topics related to photography and First Peoples. This is his first book.

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