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In the introduction to his latest book, Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong, Paul Chaat Smith writes of his fellow Indians, “The question isn’t whether we love photography, but instead why we love it so much. From the Curtis stills to our own Koda-chrome slides…it’s obvious we are a people who adore taking pictures and having pictures taken of us.” This statement ties in nicely with our first meeting which entailed a fair amount of picture-taking.
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