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Edward Sheriff Curtis used specific darkroom techniques like sepia washes to create a false sense of antiquity in his photographs of indigenous people.

“they were black and white photographs, but he processed them uh in a chemical mix in his dark room in order to turn them brown. And the idea, of course, was to make these look aged.”

MeatEater Podcast Network · Jan 2026 · 1 episode · 7K views on this topic

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