John Collier Jr.

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John Collier Jr. was an American photographer and anthropologist known for his documentary work during the New Deal era and his influential contributions to visual anthropology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anthropologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
photographer ⓘ
visual anthropologist ⓘ
activeInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
areaOfActivity Latin America ⓘ
United States ⓘ
coAuthor Malcolm Collier ⓘ
contributedTo formalization of visual research techniques in anthropology ⓘ
training materials for visual field methods ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
employer United States federal government ⓘ
father John Collier Sr. ⓘ
linked to: John Collier
fieldOfWork applied anthropology ⓘ
documentary photography ⓘ
ethnographic photography ⓘ
visual anthropology ⓘ
genre documentary photography ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup European American ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
hasInfluenced documentary photographers working with social science ⓘ
visual ethnographers ⓘ
hasRelative John Collier Sr. ⓘ
linked to: John Collier
influenced development of visual anthropology as a subfield ⓘ
methodological use of photography in social sciences ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement New Deal documentary tradition ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor contributions to visual anthropology ⓘ
documentary work during the New Deal era ⓘ
linking documentary photography with social reform concerns ⓘ
teaching visual research methods ⓘ
use of photography in anthropological research ⓘ
notableWork Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method ⓘ
occupation anthropologist ⓘ
photographer ⓘ
participatedIn New Deal era documentary projects ⓘ
usedMedium 35mm photography ⓘ
black-and-white photography ⓘ
still photography ⓘ
workFocus documentation of social conditions in the United States ⓘ
integration of images and ethnographic analysis ⓘ
systematic methods for photographic fieldwork ⓘ
use of cameras as research tools in anthropology ⓘ

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