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Curtis had established himself as Seattle’s foremost studio photographer by , and this success gave him a newfound level of financial freedom that allowed him to spend time away from the studio to pursue his love of the great outdoors.
His trips to photograph the area’s spectacular mountain and ocean scenery led him to encounter small pockets of American Indians who still maintained some vestiges of their traditional lifestyles. By this time, Curtis had begun exploring an interest that would ultimately result in the most comprehensive photo–ethnographic record of the North America Indians ever created.
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By Curtis had begun receiving recognition from both the photographic community and the general public for his American Indian photographs. The same year, a chance event occurred that significantly altered the course of his life.
While on one of his many mountaineering trips, Curtis rescued a lost party of climbers on Mount Rainier that included several prominent people nationally reco