Edward Sheriff Curtis - The vanishing race (1904)

Le vide-grenier du dimanche. Deux clichés du photographe américain Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952),  auteur de la formidable oeuvre documentaire "The vanishing race" (1904). 

E.S. Curtis - Crater Lake (1923)

Un regard plus romantique que celui de Timothy O'Sullivan, qui, au 19ème siècle, a également documenté l'Ouest américain.

I want to make them (Indian Americans) live forever. It's such a big dream I can't see it all.

[....] The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other... 

Consequently, the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost for all time.