“First I was an explorer; then I was an artist.” Robert J. Flaherty som fotograf
Robert J. Flaherty is today best known for his films, and especially for his first film Nanook of the North (1922). In discussions about the early years of Flaherty’s career there has been much emphasis on Flaherty as a man with little formal education, a self- made man and an explorer. Flaherty’s s...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:d93849f80b7d41f3a1b8ca1e1e03cee0 2023-05-15T16:55:29+02:00 “First I was an explorer; then I was an artist.” Robert J. Flaherty som fotograf Roswitha Skare 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3432 https://doaj.org/article/d93849f80b7d41f3a1b8ca1e1e03cee0 EN NO eng nor Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3432 https://doaj.org/toc/0809-1668 https://doaj.org/toc/1503-2086 doi:10.7557/13.3432 0809-1668 1503-2086 https://doaj.org/article/d93849f80b7d41f3a1b8ca1e1e03cee0 Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, Iss 35 (2015) Robert J. Flaherty Inuits ethnographic photography portrait photography reproduction context Norwegian literature PT8301-9155 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3432 2022-12-30T21:16:33Z Robert J. Flaherty is today best known for his films, and especially for his first film Nanook of the North (1922). In discussions about the early years of Flaherty’s career there has been much emphasis on Flaherty as a man with little formal education, a self- made man and an explorer. Flaherty’s statement “First I was an explorer; then I was an artist” is quoted over and over again. In this article I take a closer look at the early years of Flaherty’s career, the years before the premiere of Nanook and his reputation as a filmmaker. I discuss the photographs taken by Flaherty on his first expeditions in the years before 1915 focusing on the use and reuse of these photographs in different contexts like newspapers, journals and books. Finally, I also discuss whether these photographs, and especially two of the portraits that are used repeatedly, are only ethnographic or artistic as well. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuits Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Nordlit 35 161 |
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Robert J. Flaherty is today best known for his films, and especially for his first film Nanook of the North (1922). In discussions about the early years of Flaherty’s career there has been much emphasis on Flaherty as a man with little formal education, a self- made man and an explorer. Flaherty’s statement “First I was an explorer; then I was an artist” is quoted over and over again. In this article I take a closer look at the early years of Flaherty’s career, the years before the premiere of Nanook and his reputation as a filmmaker. I discuss the photographs taken by Flaherty on his first expeditions in the years before 1915 focusing on the use and reuse of these photographs in different contexts like newspapers, journals and books. Finally, I also discuss whether these photographs, and especially two of the portraits that are used repeatedly, are only ethnographic or artistic as well. |
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