Northern plains Native Americans : a modern wet plate perspective / Shane Balkowitsch, ambrotypist ; dedication by Debra A. Haaland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balkowitsch, Shane, 1969- photographer.

Contributor:

Haaland, Debra A., 1960- writer of dedication.

Goodhouse, Dakota, writer of foreword.

Yellowbird-Landin, Margareet.

Ascherman, Herbert.

Dicroce, Chris, writer of introduction.

Jenkinson, Clay, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Great Plains--Pictorial works.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Great Plains--Portraits.

Siouan Indians--Pictorial works.

Siouan Indians.

Siouan Indians--Portraits.

Indians of North America--North Dakota--Pictorial works.

Indians of North America--North Dakota--Portraits.

Collodion process.

Ambrotype.

collodion processes.

ambrotype (wet collodion process).

North Dakota.

Great Plains.

Genre:

photographs.

portraits.

photobooks.

Portraits

Photographs

Photobooks

Pictorial works

Photographs.

Portraits.

Photobooks.

Physical Description:

volumes : black and white illustrations ; 33 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bismarck, ND : Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, 2022-

New York, NY : Glitterati Editions, 2019.

Summary:

As one of the fewer than 1,000 wet plate collodion artists practicing around the world, Balkowitsch provides an intimate view into the lives of Native American people in North Dakota and Northern Plains, simultaneously capturing their stories and preserving their legacies.

Contents:

Volume one. Foreword. Aóhanziyapi = Shadow, reflection and soul / Dakota Goodhouse, "Two Wars" of the Hunkpapha Lakota tribe

Preface. ANawáh wetUstaknuéi = Hello, it's a good day / Margareet Yellowbird-Landin, "Evening Star Woman" of the Sahnish, Hidatsa and Assiniboine tribes

Introduction. Shane Balkowitsch: understanding the modern wet plate perspective / Herbert Ascherman

The studio. Nostalgic Glass North Light Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota

Ambrotypes: the photographs

Appendix. Archiving the images / Lindsay Meidinger and Emily Ergen, State Historical Society of North Dakota.

Volume two. Foreword. Loving artistry and respect at a critical moment in the history of America / Clay Jenkinson

Introduction / Jeffrey Sklan

The studio. Nostalgic Glass Natural Light Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota

Appendix

Index: the second 250 Native Americans photographed

Acknowledgments / Shane Balkowitsch.

Volume three. Foreword. Capturing time / Tony Jon Bender

Reflection / Shane Balkowitsch

Introduction / Chris DiCroce

Ambrotypes: the photgraphs

Index: the third 250 Native Americans phtographed

Notes:

"Volume ... in the series of four that will be published ..."--Rear colophon page,

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781943876082

1943876088

9781685244132

1685244130

9781943876631

1943876630

OCLC:

1101039398

Publisher Number:

90100539519