Christopher Cardozo

Christopher Cardozo (February 27, 1948 – February 21, 2021 ) was an American art collector, curator, photographer, author and publisher.

Cardozo’s Oaxaca series was first exhibited in 1971 at the Minneapolis Art Institution and later acquired by MOMA and other museums for their permanent collections.

He is known as an authority on the photography of Edward S. Curtis. He has written and edited nine monographs on Edward Curtis and his photography. In the past forty years, Cardozo has exhibited around the world, focusing on his goal to bring Edward Curtis to the world.

Cardozo was the founder and Board Chair of the Edward S. Curtis Foundation, which is dedicated to preserving and exhibiting the work of Edward Curtis. He started collecting Curtis' photographs in the 1970s, and had a large personal collection of the photographer's work, which he exhibited in travelling displays