La influencia de la fotografía americana del siglo XIX en el imaginario cinematográfico del western clásico. El caso de Río Rojo de Howard Hawks (1948)

This article makes a comparative historiographical analysis between the work of three American photographers of the XIX century: Charles D. Kirkland (1857-1926), Dan Dutro (1848-1918) or L.A Huffman (1879-1931) whose photographs on the American West, Following the hypothesis pointed out by Roger Tailleur, they served not only as documentation but also influenced the aesthetic construction of the Red River film by Howard Hawks (1948). To this end, unpublished material has been consulted, as is the case of Dan Dutro's photographs, digitized especially for this research, and the relationship between photography and western has been studied in depth, reaching conclusions that prove the influence of the three previous photographers and of others, such as Erwin E. Smith (1886-1947), in the film.