Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery presents images from the west: Edward S. Curtis' photogravures from The North American Indian, and Bill Wittliff's photographs from the popular CBS-TV miniseries, Lonesome Dove.

Edward Curtis' images of The North American Indian were taken in the early 20th Century. This document of various Indian tribes proved to be our profound record of the Western Indian Nation. With help from Theodore Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan, Curtis was able to make a lifelong document that exists in the beautiful portraits displayed in this exhibition. Images will include Zuñi, Tesuque, San Ildefonso, Noatak and Arapaho tribes.

The small gallery will feature the photographs made during the filming of the Lonesome Dove. (Click here to view the exhibition online). Bill Wittliff, producer and screenplay writer of Lonesome Dove, is a Renaissance man who also is an art collector and photographer. His portraits of Robert Duval (Augustus), Tommy Lee Jones (Woodrow Call), and other McMurtry characters, are sought after by Lonesome Dove fans everywhere. These characters have been somewhat adopted by enthusiasts that love this story by Larry McMurtry. Wittliff has helped produce a recent book with Aperture, Boystown: La Zona de Tolerancia, which explores his private collection of anonymous photographs taken in brothels along the Texas New Mexico border. Wittliff has also authored and produced many movies including: The Perfect Storm, Legends of the Fall, and Raggedy Man.

This exhibition will open with a reception on Friday, February 21, 2003, from 6-8 PM.