Review: (Ottawa) The Edward Curtis Project

Quelemia Sparrow

What the eye sees, the heart feels
by Nanette Cormier

Edward Curtis (Todd Duckworth) first photographed Princess Angeline, also known as Kickisomlo, the daughter of Chief Sealth of Seattle in 1895. She was the first Native American he photographed. He would go on to take over 40,000 photographic images from over 80 tribes.  

Written and directed by Marie Clements, The Edward Curtis Project explores the difficulty of integrating and making sense of what we see in the world around us through the eyes of an early 20th century American photographer, Edward Curtis, and a present-day Métis journalist, Angeline.