Hopi, Watching the Dancers
Edward S. Curtis
Hopi, Watching the Dancers, 1906
Gelatin silver print or platinum print
Courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Hair like butterfly wings, silence like a ceremony. Three young Hopi women, seen from behind, pause on a pueblo rooftop in Arizona. Their distinct hairstyles - whorled into squash-blossom buns - mark them as unmarried. Taken in 1906 by Edward S. Curtis, this image is both portrait and document: poised between intimacy and performance, dignity and colonial gaze. Send to someone marking a rite of passage, or to honor beauty that moves across generations.
This artwork is currently held by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
Hopi, Watching the Dancers
Edward S. Curtis
Hopi, Watching the Dancers, 1906
Gelatin silver print or platinum print
Courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Hair like butterfly wings, silence like a ceremony. Three young Hopi women, seen from behind, pause on a pueblo rooftop in Arizona. Their distinct hairstyles - whorled into squash-blossom buns - mark them as unmarried. Taken in 1906 by Edward S. Curtis, this image is both portrait and document: poised between intimacy and performance, dignity and colonial gaze. Send to someone marking a rite of passage, or to honor beauty that moves across generations.
This artwork is currently held by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.