Hopi Towns, Blanket Maker, Oraibi
1902 · Platinum print
8 1/8 × 6 1/8" (20.6 × 15.5 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Adam Clark Vroman
?–1916
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Reinstallation of the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980
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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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Adam Clark Vroman was an American photographer and ethnographer active from the 1890s until his death in 1916. Working primarily in the American Southwest, he documented Native American communities, particularly the Hopi and Zuni peoples, with a documentary approach that distinguished his work from the staged ethnographic photography of his contemporaries. His photographs, made on platinum paper and glass plates, combine technical precision with sustained engagement in specific communities over many years. Vroman's archive constitutes a significant visual record of early twentieth-century Southwestern indigenous life and material culture.
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