L. A. Huffman: Photographer of the American West

Arriving in Fort Keogh, Montana Territory in 1879, ten years before Montana would become a state, frontier photographer Laton Alton Huffman (1854-1931) would capture the spirit of the American West like no other artist. Equally comfortable photographing Plains Indians and working cowboys, Huffman wo [...]
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Arriving in Fort Keogh, Montana Territory in 1879, ten years before Montana would become a state, frontier photographer Laton Alton Huffman (1854-1931) would capture the spirit of the American West like no other artist. Equally comfortable photographing Plains Indians and working cowboys, Huffman worked both in the studio and out on the open range, as he documented untamed Western landscapes and the last of the buffalo herds. L.A. Huffman: Photographer of the American West, Revised Edition, includes iconic shots of the West, but Huffman also photographed everyday life, including sheep and cattle ranching, hunting, and Indian camps. Landscapes of Yellowstone National Park and photos of the evolving memorials at Custer Battlefield are also part of Huffman's historic legacy. This handsome volume contains more than 300 spectacular images of the American West, most of them from the extensive collection of Gene and Beverly Allen, as well as reproductions of many of Huffman's printed and