Studio portrait of Jimmie Sequint, Northern Shoshone, Pocatello, Idaho, ca. 1897

Jimmie Sequint

date: ca. 1897

taken by: Benedicte Wrensted

source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Jimmie Sequint was a member of the Northern Shoshone people in southern Idaho. His portrait was one of many photographs taken by the Danish-American photographer Benedicte Wrensted (1859-1949).

Wrensted had learned photography from her aunt, Charlotte Borgen, and opened her own studio in the Danish city of Horsens before immigrating to the United States in 1894. From her studio in Pocatello, Idaho she photographed many members of Northern Shoshone and Bannock tribes.

According to Smithsonian anthropologist Joanna Cohan Scherer, "What sets Wrensted's work apart is her skill in portraying the humanity—the individuality—of the people who posed for her. She captured their presence with a dignity and beauty that transcend time and place."

For more information see: "A Danish Photographer of Idaho Indians: Benedicte Wrensted" (2006) by Joanna Cohan Scherer.

Out West

Apropos of nothing, here's a photograph I made Out West quite a while ago. I believe I was on a bus when I took the shot—between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Pocatello, Idaho.

Nevet say you wont die in your shit, because soon we all will.