{"id":30593,"date":"2025-01-21T01:03:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T05:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=30593"},"modified":"2025-01-18T23:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T03:35:50","slug":"face-pullers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/face-pullers\/","title":{"rendered":"face pullers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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cover of 1994 book”The Face Pullers”.<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Even before the 1870s, our Native Canadians were often chosen as subjects by photographers. The Native Canadians described these photographers as ‘Face Pullers’. Brock Silversides captured a segment of these photos in his 1994 book titled, “The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians 1871-1939″.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bob Wilson did a review of the book in issue 20-3. His review begins, “Natives have a<\/span>l<\/span>ways <\/span>been popular subj<\/span>ects, both for photographers taking pictures and <\/span>for people buying them. <\/span>This was\u00a0<\/span>true in <\/span>the 1840s and <\/span>1850s when <\/span>photography was <\/span>just beginning. And it is true\u00a0today, <\/span>with such <\/span>photographs eagerly\u00a0<\/span>sought by <\/span>coll<\/span>ectors.<\/p>\n

“Brock Silversides presents a <\/span>fine selec<\/span>tion of <\/span>photographs of <\/span>Native Canadians.\u00a0<\/span>These were made <\/span>in <\/span>areas in <\/span>Canada which now\u00a0<\/span>comprise the <\/span>central and southern portions\u00a0<\/span>of <\/span>the provinces of <\/span>Saskatchewan and\u00a0<\/span>Alberta. 1871 was <\/span>the starti<\/span>n<\/span>g <\/span>date, <\/span>when\u00a0<\/span>the first photographs of <\/span>the Native People\u00a0in <\/span>this <\/span>area were taken by <\/span>Charles\u00a0Horetzky.<\/p>\n

“Silversides begins with a <\/span>brief summary\u00a0<\/span>of <\/span>the people who <\/span>made these <\/span>photographs. They <\/span>fa<\/span>ll <\/span>into <\/span>several groups: the\u00a0<\/span>survey photographers <\/span>(including\u00a0Horetzky), <\/span>the itinerants who <\/span>travelled\u00a0through the area, <\/span>the resident professional\u00a0<\/span>photographers, <\/span>and <\/span>the amateur <\/span>photographers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Silversides then deals with <\/span>the ‘generall<\/span>y accepted truism’<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that natives\u00a0<\/span>did n<\/span>ot <\/span>lik<\/span>e <\/span>to have their photograph taken,\u00a0<\/span>and <\/span>has included some <\/span>interesting quotations from accounts <\/span>of <\/span>the photographers\u00a0about difficulties that they encountered.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Members can read the rest of Bob’s book review in the 20-3 pdf file on the free members-only DVD. Don’t have the DVD? Why not become a member \u2013 joining is easy! Check out the MEMBERSHIP sub-menu above (especially the Membership Form) and the PayPal article at right. Send payment with the form or send the form after using your credit card\/PayPal account. Any questions? Email Lilianne at member@phsc.ca<\/a>. Membership in our society is rewarding \u2013 and also inexpensive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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