Lee Marmon, Blue Corn, Laguna Pueblo
Lee Marmon
1925-2021
Laguna Pueblo
Date
1949
Medium Specific
Color Photograph
Edition / State
4x5 Kodachrome ASA 8.
Classification
Photograph
Dimensions
20 1/4 x 25 in. (51.4 x 63.5 cm)
Accession Number
2008.20.10.43
Credit
Gift of the Artist
Memo / Artist Statement
I came across this older couple sitting on the step, with their little granddaughter, shucking blue corn - the kind they use to make blue cornmeal. The Laguna people don't raise as much corn now as they used to. (Marmon, Laguna Pueblo: A Photographic History, p.82)
Biography
One of America’s most renowned Native American photographers, Marmon began his career in 1947, photographing elders and members of his community in Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. Over the past fifty years Marmon’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. His diverse portfolio includes work with Columbia Pictures, official photographer for the Bob Hope Desert Classic for eight years, a Commission for the White House in 1972, and most recently photographing for the American Indian College Fund. The portfolio features photographic prints from throughout his career.