Among Unknown Tribes: Rediscovering the Photographs of Explorer Carl Lumholtz

Bill Broyles is a research associate at the University of Arizona’s Southwest Center. His previous books include Desert Duty: On the Line with the U.S. Border Patrol, Sunshot: Peril and Wonder in the Gran Desierto, and Our Sonoran Desert.

Ann Christine Eek is a photo historian, photographer, and digital supervisor in the Department of Documentation at the University of Oslo’s Museum of Cultural History. She has written studies and created exhibitions of the photographs of Roald Amundsen and Carl Lumholtz for her museum, including People Meeting People: Explorer Carl Lumholtz’s Photographs from Mexico 1890–1910.

Phyllis La Farge has worked extensively as an editor and author. Her latest book is Painted Walls of Mexico, a vivid photographic look at many aspects of the artfully decorated walls found throughout the country.

Richard Laugharn is a photographer who has documented the Pinacate region chronicled by Lumholtz in New Trails in Mexico. His current work involves photographing individual desert plants over time.

Eugenia Macías Guzmánn is an anthropologist with a special interest in Carl Lumholtz and his work among indigenous people in Mexico. She is currently part of the curatorial and research team for the Modern Art Museum-INBA in Mexico City.