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Ulli Steltzer photograph collection
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Ulli Steltzer photograph collection

  • RBSC-ARC-1823
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  • 1960-1979

The collection consists of 67 black and white photographs of various sizes taken by Ulli Steltzer in the 1960s and 1970s. Subjects include Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples and artists, Black, LatinX and Indigenous peoples in the USA and Guatemala, and a small number of portraits and still-life. Specifically, the collection contains seven original prints from her important book Indian Artists at Work, including the iconic cover image of Mabel Taylor of Port Alberni weaving a basket, a beautiful portrait of Dempsey Bob carving a human figure, and Haida basket maker Florence Davidson gathering spruce roots, among others. It also contains 14 original prints from her book Coast of Many Faces, including the cover image (Sam Webber and his daughter Laura from Kingcome Inlet), and photos from the Nass River, Alert Bay, Port Neville, Ahouset, Massett and other coastal places. There are eight 1967 - 1968 photographs of Black Americans in the Mississippi Delta, Georgia, and Alabama as well as images of LatinX Americans and Vietnam War widows, as well as photographs of the Maya in Guatemala.

Steltzer, Ulli

Birch Forest

Photograph originally titled "Birches", as referenced in the book "Indian Artists at Work" p. 130. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed. Kahn reference: IAW 130.

Lady

Photograph originally titled "Agnes George, Nautley Reserve", as referenced in the book "Indian Artists at Work" p. 133. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed. Kahn reference: IAW 133.

Queen Charlotte Islands, 78

Photograph originally titled "Skedans Rock: Sea lions", as referenced in the book "Coast of Many Faces" p. 188. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed with the title inscribed on front.

Snow Lake

Photograph originally titled "Mary Abel, Okanagan Lake, Soaking Deer Hides", as referenced in the book "Indian Artists at Work" p. 120. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed. Kahn reference: IAW 120.

Port Nevil

Photograph originally titled "Port Neville: The Hansens' Farm", as referenced in the book "Coast of Many Faces" p. 106. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed with the title inscribed on front. Kahn reference: 1 CMF 106.

Grave

Photograph originally titled "Ahousat: Peter Webster, Ahousat Elder and Teacher of the West Coast Language", as referenced in the book "Coast of Many Faces" p. 130. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed. Kahn reference: 1 CMF 130.

Tasu

Photograph originally titled "Tasu One of the Entrances into the Mine", as referenced in the book "Coast of Many Faces" p. 200. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed with the title inscribed on front. Kahn reference: CMF 200.

Old Masset

Photograph originally titled "Old Masset", as referenced in the book "Coast of Many Faces" p. 212. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed with the title inscribed on front. Kahn reference: CMF 212.

SoinTula

Photograph originally titled "Alert Bay: Laila Butcher, Eino Bakkala, and Emil Ahon from Sointula for the Ferry Home", as referenced in the book "Coast of Many Faces" p. 95. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed with the title inscribed on front. Kahn reference: CMF 95.

James Adams, Ahousat, B.C. 1977

Photograph originally titled "Ahousat James Adams", as referenced in the book "Coast of Many Faces" p. 128. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed with the title inscribed on front. Kahn reference: 1 CMF 128.

Chief Maquinna

Photograph originally titled "Gold River: Chief Ambrose Maquinna", as referenced in the book "Coast of Many Faces" p. 133. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed with the title inscribed on front. Kahn reference: CMF 133.

Birch Bark

Photograph originally titled "Jenny Naziel, Moricetown, Scraping Birch Bark to Make a Basket", as referenced in the book "Indian Artists at Work" p. 131. Photograph was taken in the USA, and is signed. Kahn reference: IAW 131.

Carving

Photograph originally titled "Dempsey Bob 'I like the human figure'", as referenced in the book "Indian Artists at Work" p. 163. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed. Kahn reference: IAW 163.

Lady Weaving

Photograph originally titled "Mabel Taylor, Port Alberni, Weaving a Shopping Basket Around a Wooden Basket Form", as referenced in the book "Indian Artists at Work" p. 67. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed. Kahn reference: IAW 67.

Forest??

Photograph originally titled "Florence Davidson, Gathering Spruce Roots", as referenced in the book "Indian Artists at Work" p. 42. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed. Kahn reference: IAW 42.

Joe Moreau

Photograph originally titled "Queen Charlotte: Joe Moreau in his machine shop", as referenced in the book "Coast of Many Faces" p. 196. Photograph was taken in the NW Coast, and is signed with the title inscribed on front.

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