Not All Native Americans Lived in Tipis

Curtis and Neidich respectively showed different angles of what the Indians of America were like. Curtis focused on displaying how these Native Americans were before the white man stepped into the picture, while Neidich portrayed "fake" history, such as violence, like one would see in an old western movie on the History Channel. Curtis staged the Native Americans with good reason. Modern life already hit them and he just wanted to show the public how they were prior to the American culture. Although he stereotyped tribes, he made the world aware of the small piece of history that was left in them. I don't understand why Neidich took the photographs he did. Both photographers edited their pictures but Neidich did what people didn't care to see. Neidich, a century too late, staged his photographs to show how Native Americans battled bloodshed through tough times. Both men wrongly showed us how the real Indians were, but they knew what they were doing and kept in mind how easy it was to persuade us stupid Americans of how we pictured these cultured people really were. I'm not saying either of these men took "bad" pictures, but neither went in and strictly captured what they REALLY witnessed. Curtis' work is nostalgic, in that, he shows the good times like headdresses, tipis and women of their era. Neidich looks back on the shadows of the Native Americans, like when they fought with the white man and other acts of violence. I simply prefer Curtis' photographs because they are blissful, rather than angry. Also, a picture in focus and cultured would look better on my wall next to a blurred image of a wounded Indian falling off of a horse.