Indian Pueblo, Zuni, N.M. View from the South
1873
Multiple levels of adobe buildings cascade across the landscape in this comprehensive view of Zuni Pueblo from the south. O'Sullivan's survey photograph documents the sophisticated urban planning and architectural traditions that allowed this community to thrive in the high desert for over a millennium.
- Medium
- Albumen print, from the album "Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian," vol. 2
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Spotted works by Timothy O'Sullivan
Artists in conversation
William Henry Jackson
American · b. 1843
Jackson was a contemporary survey photographer who documented the American West during the same era, capturing Native American settlements and architectural landscapes with the same ethnographic and documentary precision using albumen print techniques.
John K. Hillers
American · b. 1843
Hillers photographed Pueblo communities throughout the Southwest including Zuni itself during the 1870s and 1880s, producing albumen prints that share the same architectural survey quality, monochrome tonal range, and ethnographic documentation of adobe structures in desert landscapes.
Adam Clark Vroman
American · b. 1856
Vroman devoted his photographic practice to documenting Pueblo communities and their multilevel adobe architecture across the American Southwest, sharing the same respectful ethnographic gaze and careful compositional attention to indigenous architectural traditions in arid desert settings.
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