John K. Hillers

John K. Hillers

John K. Hillers (1843, Hanover, Germany – 1925) was an American government photographer. He was originally hired as a boatman for a geographical survey expedition led by John Wesley Powell in 1871, and became the expedition photographer in 1872. He went on to spend twenty years exploring a photographing the American west, eventually focusing on ethnology, and is known particularly for his portraits of Native Americans. [cite web |url=http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1832 |title=John K. Hillers |publisher=Getty Museum |accessdate=2008-03-23]

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