Christopher Cardozo

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IntroAuthor
PlacesUnited States of America
wasPhotographer Art collector
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth27 February 1948
Death21 February 2021 (aged 73 years)
Star signPisces
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Biography

Christopher Cardozo (born February 27, 1948) is an American art collector, curator, photographer, author and publisher.

Cardozo’s Oaxaca series was first exhibited in 1971 at the Minneapolis Art Institution and later acquired by MOMA and other museums for their permanent collections.

He is known as an authority on the photography of Edward S. Curtis. He has written and edited nine monographs on Edward Curtis and his photography. In the past forty years, Cardozo has exhibited around the world, focusing on his goal to bring Edward Curtis to the world.

Cardozo is the founder and Board Chair of the Edward S. Curtis Foundation, which is dedicated to preserving and exhibiting the work of Edward Curtis. He started collecting Curtis' photographs in the 1970s, and has a large personal collection of the photographer's work, which he exhibits in travelling displays and at his gallery, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art.

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