Cocopas--Indians--in Calexico. They did not like to have their pictures taken as in their ignorance they thought that pointing the camera toward them worked some evil influnce[sic] over them. So one turned his back and I snapped the other as he turned to see what I was doing. And was he angry!
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This horizontal, sepia-toned photograph from approximately 1903 depicts two people and a large animal in an outdoor setting. On the left, a person is partially visible, hunched over near a large, light-colored animal that appears to be a horse or donkey laden with bulky packs or sacks. In the center, a second person stands with their back to the camera, wearing a dark, textured garment and holding a collection of light-colored objects, possibly brush or flowers, in their right hand. The background is a pale, featureless landscape that meets a light sky at a faint horizon line. Below the photograph, a horizontal color calibration strip with colored squares and a grayscale step wedge is visible against the gray background of the mounting surface. Image description generated by AI (Gemini 3.0 Fast) and reviewed, January 2026 .
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