Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher - The Life of Photographer Edward Curtis




New Mexico People Places and Ideas show

Summary: This month’s guest is New York Times writer and Pulitzer Prize winner author Timothy Egan whose latest work is a biography, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher . Shadow catcher was the name given to acclaimed photographer Edward Curtis by American Indians as he traveled the country taking their photos and documenting their tradions, language and culture in the early 20 th Century. Curtis, a famed photographer of the high and mighty, such as President Teddy Roosevelt and JP Morgan, forswore all