JOHN COLLIER JR. (1913-1992)Surveyor * Juan Martinez 's children playing ranching. Silver prints, the images measuring 10½x13½ and 10x12¼ inches (26.7x34.3 and 27.6x31.1 cm.), the first with two hand stamps and a typed caption label with Collier's credit and date, and the second with Collier's signature, in ink, his hand stamp, and a typed caption label, on verso. 1944

From the Personal Collection of Aron M. Mathieu (1907-1996), founder of Modern Photography> magazine. John Collier Jr. was a pioneer in the fields of visual and applied anthropology. At 12 years old, he apprenticed under Maynard Dixon, then married to Dorothea Lange. Following this experience, Collier began working as a freelance photographer in New Mexico and California, and he was hired by Roy Stryker to be part of the FSA project in 1941. Rather than continuing his photography in the Southwest, Collier was sent to New England to photograph rural communities. This period, in turn, led to his intense interest in anthropology and the connection between people and the land.