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HomeContents > People > Photographers > John Collier

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Born: John Collier Jr. 
Dates:  1913, 22 May - 1992, 25 February
Born:  US, NY, Sparkill
Died:  Costa Rica
Active:  US
 
  
American anthropologist and photographer.

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Unidentified photographer
John Collier Jr. 
1935-1939
 
  
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Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. Go to website
 

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John Collier Jr. 
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John Collier Jr. 
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Photo scans were provided by his son, Malcolm and accompany an article by Collier that appeared in Visual Anthropology Review (vol 13 no. 2, 1997-8) 
  
 

Printed biographies

The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers.

 
• Auer, Michele & Michel 1985 Encyclopedie Internationale Des Photographes de 1839 a Nos Jours / Photographers Encylopaedia International 1839 to the present (Hermance, Editions Camera Obscura) 2 volumes [A classic reference work for biographical information on photographers.] 
  
• Evans, Martin Marix (Executive ed.) 1995 Contemporary Photographers [Third Edition] (St. James Press - An International Thomson Publishing Company) [Expensive reference work but highly informative.] 
  
• Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London 1979 The Photograph Collector’s Guide (London: Secker and Warburg) p.136 [Long out of print but an essential reference work - the good news is that a new edition is in preparation.] 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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