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Fourth of July Sunday School Picnic, Patuxent River, Maryland
Fourth of July Sunday School Picnic, Patuxent River, Maryland

Fourth of July Sunday School Picnic, Patuxent River, Maryland

by Marjory Collins

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Artist Statement

Marjory Collins offers a formal approach in her image of Sunday school attendees enjoying the timeless tradition of an Independence Day picnic. Ladies in fine dresses relax on their makeshift bench. Children wade in shallow water. Men survey the scene (and guide our own eyes to do the same). A weeping willow stands in as picture frame. It all feels a bit like an Impressionist painting come to life. The picture fairly radiates contentment and togetherness. It may be a vintage photograph, but that feeling of communal celebration is something we yearn for even today.

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+ Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Certificate of authenticity signed and numbered by our head curator is included
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

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Innova Fibraprint Warm Cotton Gloss

Edition Structure:
8"x8" | edition of 20
11"x11" | edition of 500
16"x16" | edition of 50
20"x20" | edition of 20

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Marjory Collins

Marjory Collins described herself as a "rebel looking for a cause." She began her photojournalism career in New York City in the 1930s by working for such magazines as PM and U.S. Camera. At a time when relatively few women were full-time magazine photographers, such major photo agencies as Black Star, Associated Press, PIX, and Time, Inc., all represented her work. In 1941, Collins joined Roy Stryker's team of photographers at the U.S. Office of War Information to document home front activities during World War II. She created remarkable visual stories of small town life, ethnic communities, and women war workers. The more... Read More
than 3,000 images she took in 1942-43 are preserved in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Collection at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. After World War II, Collins combined three careers--photographer, editor, and writer. She traveled internationally as a freelance photographer for both the U.S. government and the commercial press. She also participated in social and political causes and was an active feminist who founded the journal Prime Time (1971-76) "for and by older women." Her study of the role of older women in society resulted in an M.A. degree in American Studies from Antioch College West in 1984, shortly before her death from cancer in 1985 in San Francisco.– Library of Congress
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