San Juan Capistrano Mission Font and Prayer Wheel

Adam Clark Vroman was an American photographer and ethnographer active from the 1890s until his death in 1916. Working primarily in the American Southwest, he documented Native American communities, particularly the Hopi and Zuni peoples, with a documentary approach that distinguished his work from the staged ethnographic photography of his contemporaries. His photographs, made on platinum paper and glass plates, combine technical precision with sustained engagement in specific communities over many years. Vroman's archive constitutes a significant visual record of early twentieth-century Southwestern indigenous life and material culture.

La Salle, IL, United States