Carl Moon

Born in Ohio in 1878, Carl Everton Moon built a varied career as a photographer, illustrator, painter, and writer. He became especially associated with the American Southwest and with portraits and scenes centered on Native American communities, work that brought him lasting recognition.

Moon worked on books and magazine illustration as well as photography, and his writing grew out of the same visual interest in Western landscapes and peoples. Sources consistently describe him as an artist whose career crossed several mediums rather than staying in just one.

He died in 1948. Today, he is remembered both for his images and for the books he wrote and illustrated, which reflect the period’s fascination with the Southwest and helped secure his place in regional American art and letters.