Eric Klemm : Silent Warriors

More than 100 years after Edward Curtiss work on the Great Warriors, Eric Klemm continued that historical work by photographing as many members of the devastated tribes of North American Indians as he could find. No longer warriors yet still heroic, these ordinary people are survivors who refused to give up their culture and thereby give birth to a future. Eric Klemm, born 1939 in Germany, now lives and works on Salt Spring Island near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. After first studying graphic design, he turned seriously to photography in 1968. Klemm has been affiliated with the legendary German magazine twen and contributed in the seventies to top German magazines such as Stern, Freundin, Eltern, Zeit Magazin and the German edition of Playboy. During this period he published four books and became a member of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie. In 1999 he began painting, which has strongly influenced his aesthetic. His new photographic work has been shown widely.