Ridgway Glover

[Dietmar]

Here are a few words about photographer Ridgway Glover, killed at Ft. Phil Kearny in 1866:

www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/982233

I wish I would see some of his lost photographs one day in my life!

Dietmar

[crzhrs]

Like many journalists/photographers he may have felt "detached" from what was happening around him. Looking through a camera gives one a feeling of witnessing something as opposed to actually being there.

Too bad none of his photos were recovered and/or found. Imagine a photo of treaty negotiations with the Sioux/Cheyenne (1866) who at the time were still in control of their land and may have presented a truly formidable appearance.

[ephriam]

If you are interested in learning more about Ridgway Glover, I can recommend two articles by Paula Fleming:

• "Ridgway Glover, Photographer," Annals of Wyoming, v. 74 no. 2 (Spring 2002) p. 17-27.
  
• "Photograhing the Plains Indians: Ridgway Glover at Forts Laramie and Phil Kearny, 1866," in Colin F. Taylor and Hugh A. Dempsey (eds.), The People of the Buffalo, vol. 2, (Germany: Tatanks Press, 2005) pp. 67-78.
  

[Dietmar]

Ephriam,

I have already both volumes of "The People of the Buffalo" by Tatanka Press (great books indeed!).
Is Paula Fleming´s article in "Annals of Wyoming" much different? I mean, is it worth buying if you have read the other article?

I was especially stunned when I read that Glover must have made photos of the 1866 treaty activities at Fort Laramie, photographing the Brules Spotted Tail, Swift Bear, Dog Hawk, Standing Elk, Tall Mandan, Thunder Hawk, Brave Bear, White Tail and the Oglalas Man-that-walks-under-the-ground, Black War Bonnet, Standing Cloud, Blue Horse, Big Mouth and Big Head.

I like Fleming´s suggestion that these photos might come to light someday and it is only a matter of time before the missing images are found.

Dietmar