Posted on 11/16/2011 1:18:10 PM PST by Utah Binger
Photographs by John K. Hillers from the John Wesley Powell Expedition of 1872
Mt. Carmel, UTAH – October 12, 2011 - From October 15, 2011 through December 31, 2011, the Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts will present Utah Tribes: “Myself in the Water” – Photographs by John K. Hillers from the John Wesley Powell Expedition of 1872. This is only the second large-scale exhibition of these rare, original prints since the Foundation obtained them in 1999.
Photographer John (Jack) K. Hillers (1843-1925) made the 116 images of the Utah Tribes Exhibit while he was working with the legendary U.S. explorer and scientist John Wesley Powell during the federally funded survey of the Colorado Plateau in 1872-1875. Powell was not only interested in the geology of the Colorado River region, but also in the native populations who dwelt in the environs of the plateaus.
In the fall of 1872 Powell set out to photograph the Kaibab Paiutes, who at the time were settled in their winter camp at the mouth of Kanab Canyon, not far from the Mormon settlement of Kanab. Earlier attempts to photograph the Paiutes had been unsuccessful because the Indians feared the camera. But now, accompanied by southern Utah Mormon leader Jacob Hamblin, the so-called “buckskin apostle” to the Indians, Powell met with the leader of the Kaibab Paiute band, Chuarumpeak. With Hamblin’s reassurance, the Paiutes were at last convinced the camera would do them no harm, and they gave Hillers the Indian name of “Myself in the Water,” symbolic of his camera being able to capture their own reflections in the water in his magic wooden box.
Thus began a long association of mutual trust between Powell and the Paiutes, which freely opened access to Hillers’ cameras. Many of the pictures in the Utah Tribes Exhibit are the result.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a special reproduction portfolio of 8 simulated photogravures, available for purchase through the Thunderbird Foundation. A show description and preview of close-up detail images from Utah Tribes: “Myself in the Water” is featured on the Foundation website.
The exhibition will be shown through December 31, 2011.
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Thanks!
You know, it may be just an amazing coincidence, but my Indian name is Camera In The Water.
I can’t make the show, but I wish you the best. I’ll be either working, or on Waikiki, basking for the rest of the year. Likely both. Gotta get the kids outa Dodge before they make me crazier.
We’ll be down to haunt the Thunderbird Foundation come summer. I’ll be dragging my new A-liner, and likely a few more of my kids. Oh, and my new waterproof Nikon.
Good job, Binger. And thanks for your outstanding support of Free Republic.
Bumping to the top!
Hey!
Thanks so much! You’re always welcome here. Ansel Adams didn’t mind hanging out either.
Which tribe are you?
Give me an advance notice and I’ll make certain to go to Kanab Custom Meats.
Tribe? We’re part Northern Dyslexa and part Sicilian. That’s the overall “we.” I’m English, and that’s my native tongue for the most. The rest of my group waves their hands when they speak. Sadly, you can’t discern which by hair or skin color, but set up a target range, or put down the Pope, and by golly, it gets easy to discern.
If you and I exchange advance notices, I’ll pick up some of your darling wife’s favorite wine next time down, and will be happy to bring some treats for the gang. My youngest, who you met last time, has been instrumental in getting/keeping me focused on our next excursion southward. We all have new cameras and of course, a 90 mph self-contained trailer is next on the list.
I just wanted to invite a couple hundred of my close Nascar Gang friends to take a look at Utah Binger’s post on his Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts current exhibit.
Binger is a strong supporter of Free Republic, and he held last summer’s Thunderbird Freeper Picnic and Shoot at his beautiful southern Utah property. It was my first opportunity to meet him and Jim in person, and the food and the FReepers were fabulous... Thanks, Binger!
My face has broken several cameras.
Now, the fact that some of them were traveling towads my noggin at a high rate of speed means nothing.
Getting those pics must have been quite an experience for him.
Love looking at photo’s like these.
Good luck with the exhibit Binger!
Kanab? Beautiful countryside...I have family there.
Thanks for the ping Glock!
Absolutely!! Looking forward to next year’s Utah Freep Meet!!
You left your meds here on your last visit but you knew that?
We will set a date for our Freeper picnic event soon. I think mid to late July will work Either the 14th-15th or the following weekend.
If anybody has a preference, please let us know and we’ll get it figured out by the first of the year.
Looking forward to this as once again.
Mark Levin might enjoy visiting Best Friends Animal Sanctuary which is just up the highway from here.
They are pretty liberal but I guess their cause is valid.
Ping.......
maybe we need to broaden the territory for another picnic....... all freepers
Ping.......
maybe we need to broaden the territory for another picnic....... all freepers
Thanks very much, glock! I sure needed your ping too!
I was here first, and I pinged myself so that I could come back to this thread to enjoy the slide show! It’s magnificent!!!
I wish you all the success you can handle, ((((Binger))))!!
You’re absolutely the very best!
BTTT
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