2013 - The world of Maximilien Bruggmann


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North America

National parks and first peoples in North America.

#1

White House

At the foot of a 300-meter high cliff, these houses were only accessible using ladders. This site, renamed White House, was first home to a group of Anasazi and then in the 1700s to a Navajo tribe, who were eventually murdered in 1805 by Spanish soldiers (Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, USA).
1972

#2

Mother and child

On Vancouver Island, detail of a totem pole erected in front of the house of Chief Mungo Martin, painter, sculptor and singer of the Kwakiutl Nation (1879-1962). Of great formal beauty, the totem carries the timeline of major family events (Thunderbird Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada).
1985

#3

Holy Ghost

The centrepiece of an over 60-meter long gallery of cave paintings, «The Ghost» is an enigma. Who is the central character surrounded by an army of shadows? It probably goes back to the time of the first Indian mammoth hunters. (Horseshoe Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA)
1976

#4

Large Arch

89 meters long, Landscape Arch is the largest arch in the world. Under the combined action of water and high thermal amplitudes, erosion has stripped away the more brittle layers of the red sandstone, leaving intact only the most resistant parts (Arches National Park, Utah, USA).
1972

#5

Mysterious figure

With a trapezoidal body, a shield, a crown and magic symbols, this man carved in the rock is 92 cm tall. Like the small characters escorting him, this figure still retains its mystery (McKee Springs, Dinosaur National Park, Utah, USA).
1972

#6

The Spirit of the Eagle

For members of the Kwakiutl Nation, ritual masks used to transmit the knowledge of the elders at the Potlatch ceremony, banned in 1884 by the Federal Act of Canada. Since then, the Kwakiutl have managed to recover sacred objects that had been confiscated and preserve them in museums. (Kwakiutl Museum of Quathisaki Cove, Quadra Island, British Columbia)
1985

#7

Spider Rock

From a height of 229 meters, Spider Rock dominates Canyon de Chelly in northern Arizona (USA). The Navajo lived in peace until the attack by New Mexico in 1805. Today, the Navajos cooperatively manage this National Monument, one of the busiest in the United States.
1972

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