Viewing Indians: Native Encounters with Power, Tourism, and the Camera in the Wisconsin Dells, 1866-1907
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Hoelscher
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 4, 2003, pp. 1-51
Description
Discusses photography as a technology used for domination, especially in the conquest of Native Americans. Photography achieved unparalleled success and soon became a means to justify and legitimate policies of American imperial expansion.