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DeChelley Canyon Looking East
Creator
John K. HillersAmerican Photographer · 1843–1925
All works by this person →John K. Hillers began making photographs while exploring the terrain around the Colorado River in 1871. Part of a survey team led by John Wesley Powell, a geologist and ethnologist, Hillers was originally hired as a boatman. He became increasingly interested in the work of the team's photographer, began acting as his assistant, and by 1872 had become the expedition photographer. From the 1870s unt
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1879 or 1881
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 008c96e2-2777-41f1-bfec-96321b53d170
What the image shows
A rocky canyon with steep cliffs and a dry riverbed.
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From the Getty Museum record
View of mesa in distance; creek/river runs diagonally through right picture center
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