SAM Puts Edward Curtis's Native Portraits Next to Work by Contemporary Native Artists

Double Exposure at SAM is exhilarating.by Rebecca BrownA portrait is how you see someone. It's how you want someone else to see them, too. Later, when someone looks at it, they see who you saw, but also they see you, your understanding or your not, your limits and flaws, you wrestling with your seeing and not seeing right.Double Exposure, now on exhibit at Seattle Art Museum, includes a broad selection of portraits by Edward S. Curtis, and it will make you think about what it is to see someone,