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Excavating Voices
Twenty-four evocative images, in postcard format, from the new book "Excavating Voices: Listening to Photographs of Native Americans," by such renowned photographers as William Henry Jackson and Edward S. Curtis. Selected from the more than 300,000 images in the archives of the University of Pennsylvania Museum.Also of interest--Excavating VoicesListening to Photographs of Native AmericansEdited by Michael Katakis1998 / 86 pages / 8 1/2 x 11 / 48 duotone illus.ISBN 0-924171-56-1 / ClothISBN 0-924171-57-X / Paper
24 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
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About the author
Michael Katakis
11 books31 followersKatakis was born in Chicago in 1952. His father emigrated from Greece to the United States shortly after World War II. His mother was the daughter of Greek immigrants.
Writer and photographer Michael Katakis has been writing about and photographing a wide range of cultures and geographic locations for the past thirty five years. He has traveled extensively throughout the People’s Republic of China, West Africa, Cuba, Hungary, Morocco, Turkey, the United States, Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, Italy, Greece, England, France and Spain to name a few.
Michael’s books include Photographs and Words’ with Kris Hardin (British Library 2011).
His other books include; Traveller: Observations From an American in Exile (Scribner, New York 2009), The Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Crown, New York 1988) which is a two year study of the emotional impact the memorial has had on its visitors. Sacred Trusts: Essays on Stewardship and Responsibility (Mercury House, San Francisco 1993). Excavating Voices: Listening to Photographs of Native Americans (University Museum Publications, University of Pennsylvania 1998) and the limited edition book, Despatches ( Foolscap Press, Santa Cruz, California 2008) which a number of institutions such as the Victoria and Albert Museum and Stanford University have acquired for their special collections.
In 2011 Michael Katakis’s exhibition opened at the British Library’s Folio Gallery to coincide with the publication of his, and Dr. Kris Hardin’s book, Photographs and Words (British Library Publications, 2011).
Michael Katakis and Dr. Hardin were presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth by Baroness Blackstone, Chairman of the British Library, on 10 November 2011.
In 2012 Katakis was invited, by Michael Palin, President of the Royal Geographical Society, to speak to the Society.
Michael Katakis was appointed Ambassador for the British Library and elected Director of Americans for the British Library in 2012.
In 1999 he was elected ‘Fellow’ of the Royal Geographical Society and in 2001 his, and Kris Hardin’s exhibition, A Time and Place Before War, opened at the Geographical Society in London.
Amnesty International chose Michael’s work from Sierra Leone for the cover of their international calendar (1990) and for the book, Thoughts on Human Dignity and Freedom, with a foreword by Arthur Miller (Universe Books, 1991).
Writer and photographer Michael Katakis has been writing about and photographing a wide range of cultures and geographic locations for the past thirty five years. He has traveled extensively throughout the People’s Republic of China, West Africa, Cuba, Hungary, Morocco, Turkey, the United States, Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, Italy, Greece, England, France and Spain to name a few.
Michael’s books include Photographs and Words’ with Kris Hardin (British Library 2011).
His other books include; Traveller: Observations From an American in Exile (Scribner, New York 2009), The Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Crown, New York 1988) which is a two year study of the emotional impact the memorial has had on its visitors. Sacred Trusts: Essays on Stewardship and Responsibility (Mercury House, San Francisco 1993). Excavating Voices: Listening to Photographs of Native Americans (University Museum Publications, University of Pennsylvania 1998) and the limited edition book, Despatches ( Foolscap Press, Santa Cruz, California 2008) which a number of institutions such as the Victoria and Albert Museum and Stanford University have acquired for their special collections.
In 2011 Michael Katakis’s exhibition opened at the British Library’s Folio Gallery to coincide with the publication of his, and Dr. Kris Hardin’s book, Photographs and Words (British Library Publications, 2011).
Michael Katakis and Dr. Hardin were presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth by Baroness Blackstone, Chairman of the British Library, on 10 November 2011.
In 2012 Katakis was invited, by Michael Palin, President of the Royal Geographical Society, to speak to the Society.
Michael Katakis was appointed Ambassador for the British Library and elected Director of Americans for the British Library in 2012.
In 1999 he was elected ‘Fellow’ of the Royal Geographical Society and in 2001 his, and Kris Hardin’s exhibition, A Time and Place Before War, opened at the Geographical Society in London.
Amnesty International chose Michael’s work from Sierra Leone for the cover of their international calendar (1990) and for the book, Thoughts on Human Dignity and Freedom, with a foreword by Arthur Miller (Universe Books, 1991).
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