I started collecting because I caught the bug—first reacting to the images, then to their context and history, and finally to the process of extracting the embedded stories that they contain.
I got my passion for collecting American Indian photos because they provide a window into another culture, particularly in those photographs made soon after contact with “civilization.”
My first original photograph was a daguerreotype portrait, circa 1850, that I found in a flea market in the 19
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