John Collier Jr.

John Collier Jr.
BornMay 22, 1913
DiedFebruary 25, 1992 (1992-02-26) (aged 78)
Scientific career
FieldsPhotography, Visual anthropology
InstitutionsStandard Oil Company
Cornell University
San Francisco State University
Notes
Collier's photographs are archived at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology.

John Collier Jr. (May 22, 1913 – February 25, 1992) was an American anthropologist and an early leader in the fields of visual anthropology and applied anthropology. His emphasis on analysis and use of still photographs in ethnography led him to significant contributions in other subfields of anthropology, especially the applied anthropology of education. His book, Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method (1967) is one of the earliest textbooks in the field. His photographs are archived at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.[1]

  1. ^ "Biography - The American Image - The Photographs of John Collier Jr". americanimage.unm.edu. Archived from the original on January 20, 2007.