歲月部落 - Edward S. Curtis ( 1 )

( kwakiutl , Nakoaktok Chief's daughter
/ Edward S. Curtis )

趁著介紹艾德華‧寇蒂斯之便 ....
在櫃子裡找出兩本書及一些明信片
是年輕時,出國採訪順帶買回來的
我對老照片一向感興趣
有時候還恨不得生在那個年代
只要價錢合宜
買起這些書籍就眼都不眨一下

這本" The North American Indians " ( Aperture 1972 )
是1978.3.27 出差到L.A 時買的
還是在舊書店翻到的,美金六塊五
三十年前看到這本書就很感動
今天讀起來仍然深受啟發

印地安長老說 :
所有的生物,包括人,都是靈魂
祂們在大地與星辰中移動
尋找可以寄居的身體

我們就到一百年前的身體裡
尋找那些靈魂罷 ....










( Coastal Salish , Lummi Type )













( Nez Perc'e )













( Hesquiat , Maiden at Nootka )













( Assiniboin , Placating the Spirit of a Slain Eagle )













( Neg Perc'e , Raven Blanket )













( Cheyenne , Two Moon )













( Apsaroke , Two Whistles )













( Apsaroke , Wolf )













( Blackfoot , Bear Bull )













( Oto , Old Eagle )













( Hupa , Mother and Child )













( Kwakiutl . Koskimo Fire Drill )













( Zuni , Grinding Medicine )













( Oglala Sioux , The Medicine Man - Slow Bull )













( Navaho , The Blanket Weaver )













( Hopi , Loitering the Spring )













( Hopi , Watching the Dancers )













( Makah , The Whaler )













( Assiniboin , Hunter )













( Blackfoot , Tipis )













( Piegan , Lodge )













( Assiniboin , Painted Tipi )













( Hopi , Buffalo Dance at Hano )













( Oglala Sioux , Prayer to the Mystery )













( Coastal Salish , Cowichan Masked Dancer )













( Tewa , Offering to the Sun , San Ildefonso )