Lee Marmon, Circle of Life
Lee Marmon
1925-2021
Laguna Pueblo
Date
1950
Medium Specific
Photograph
Classification
Photograph
Dimensions
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Accession Number
2008.20.10.103
Credit
Gift of the Artist
Memo / Artist Statement
One day I came across this steer skull with a flower growing out of its eye. I call this photograph Circle of Life. (Marmon, Laguna Pueblo: A Photographic History, p.168)
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.