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| Canyon
de Chelly- Navaho |
| 1904 |
Image Size: 14" x 18" |
| Pigment Print |
Paper Size: 20" x 24" |
| Canyon de Chelly (pronounced “de chay”,
after the Navaho “Ta Shay”) was one of the most
sacred places for the Navaho and remains so to this day. It
is located in Northeastern Arizona in the heart of Navaho country.
Of Curtis’ 50,000 negatives this is considered to be one
of his ten most important and powerful. The insignificance of
man relative to nature is clearly illustrated through the sheer
size of enduring cliff formations (over 1,000 feet high) that
surround the riders. Canyon de Chelly is regarded as Curtis’
single most popular goldtone today and the contemporary Goldtone
captures the subtleties and richness of the original negative
in a way that was impossible a hundred years ago. |
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