EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS, (1868 - 1952)
Aphrodite (Spirit of the Sea), ca 1920 - 1930
Blue toned gelatin print
8.4cm x 23.5cm
Private collection
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love,
beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is identified with the planet Venus; her
Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus. Myrtle, roses, doves, sparrows and swans
were sacred to her.
Aphrodite was created from the sea foam produced by
Uranus's genitals, which had been severed by Cronus. In Homer's Iliad, however,
she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione. In Greek mythology, the other gods
feared that Aphrodite's beauty might lead to conflict and war, through rivalry
for her favours; so Zeus married her off to Hephaestus. Despite this, Aphrodite
followed her own inclinations, and had many lovers — both gods, such as Ares,
and men, such as Anchises. She played a role in the Eros and Psyche legend, and
was both lover and surrogate mother of Adonis. More on Aphrodite
Edward Sheriff Curtis (February 16, 1868 – October 19, 1952) was an American photographer and ethnologist
whose work focused on the American West and on Native American peoples.
Curtis was born on February 16, 1868, on a farm near Whitewater,
Wisconsin. His father, the Reverend Asahel "Johnson" Curtis (1840–1887), was a minister, farmer, and American
Civil War veteran. In 1887 the family moved to Seattle, Washington, where
he purchased a new camera and established a new studio, Curtis and Guptill,
Photographers and Photoengravers.
In 1906, J. P. Morgan provided Curtis with $75,000 to produce a
series on Native Americans. This work was to be in 20 volumes with 1,500
photographs. Around 1922, Curtis moved to Los Angeles and opened a new
photo studio. To earn money he worked as an assistant cameraman for Cecil B.
DeMille and was an uncredited assistant cameraman in the 1923 filming of The
Ten Commandments. On October 19, 1952, at the age of 84. More Edward Sheriff Curtis
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