“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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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/3432 2023-05-15T14:21:40+02:00 “First I was an explorer; then I was an artist.” Robert J. Flaherty som fotograf Skare, Roswitha 2015-04-22 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3432 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3432 nor nor Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3432/3337 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3432 doi:10.7557/13.3432 Copyright (c) 2015 Roswitha Skare http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY Nordlit; No 35 (2015): Arctic Modernities; 161–172 Nordlit; Nr 35 (2015): Arctic Modernities; 161–172 1503-2086 0809-1668 Robert J. Flaherty Inuits ethnographic photography portrait photography reproduction context info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Fagfellevurdert artikkel 2015 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3432 2021-08-16T15:51:17Z 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 Arctic inuits University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing 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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