Commentary on "Sioux Indians photographed in Gertrude Käsebier's Studio" Johnston, Jeremy Christianson, Frank Seefeldt, Douglas, 1964- 2013 William F. Cody Archive University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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Commentary on "Sioux Indians photographed in Gertrude Käsebier's Studio" Commentary on "Sioux Indians photographed in Gertrude Käsebier's Studio" wfc.img.pho.69.236.7 Photographic History Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution 69.236.7, 2004-57852 2012 Speaker Michelle Delaney, Smithsonian Institution Recorded by Jeremy Goodman, Buffalo Bill Center of the West Edited by Rebecca Wingo Transcribed by Hannah Vahle and Rebecca Wingo

August 13, 2012

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Commentary on "Sioux Indians photographed in Gertrude Käsebier's Studio" By Michelle Delaney, Smithsonian Institution

This group photo of potentially all the Indians who came to Käsebier's studio in April of 1898 is a wonderful example of showing the natural light that was exposed into her studio, and that she used to the best potential. She knew that the light was always going to be an element in her daytime photography, and how it cast the shadow across the floor and across these individuals, it's a very beautiful image that reflects the group pondering what this photography was going to be like. Potentially when they first arrive. But her technical skill in achieving this group portrait and some of the others that we see as part of the collection is a tribute to what she was able to do both behind the camera and in the darkroom. She uses all the elements to pull together the whole.