{"product_id":"u-s-camera-4-2-august-1941-featuring-marjorie-collins-photo-essay-on-hoboken-new-jersey","title":"U.S. Camera.  4:2, August 1941.  Featuring Marjorie Collins photo essay on Hoboken, New Jersey.","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003eVery good with a scuff and closed short tear on front cover.  Includes important photo essay on Hoboken, pages 39–54, by Marjorie Collins and Wilfrid Zogbaum at the time that it was forbidden to photograph there.  Issue also includes a tour of Disney Studies, Photography in National Defense, and photographs by: Russell Lee; Philippe Halsman; Irving B. Lincoln; Carl Oeser; Barrett Gallagher; Geoffrey Landesman; Haanel Cassidy; Roger Kahan; Bill Brunk; Ed Clark; Martin Hyman; Maxwell Coplan. Also portraits of photographers George Platt Lynes, Paul Outerbridge, Arnold Genthe, and Arthur Siegel, with biographical notes. 112 pages, including interesting advertisements.  Summary:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003eThe August 1941 issue of \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"25\"\u003eU.S. Camera\u003c\/b\u003e (Vol. 4, No. 2) represents a pivotal moment in American photojournalism, transitioning from the experimental \"New Vision\" photography of the 1930s toward the gritty, socially conscious documentary style that defined the WWII era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003eThe Hoboken Photo Essay: \"City in Transition\"\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eThe centerpiece of this issue is \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"33\"\u003eMarjorie Collins’\u003c\/b\u003e extensive 16-page photo essay on \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"84\"\u003eHoboken, New Jersey\u003c\/b\u003e (pp. 39–54). This work is significant for several reasons:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe FSA Influence:\u003c\/b\u003e Working under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA), Collins applied the agency’s documentary rigor to an urban setting. Her lens captured Hoboken not just as a city, but as a complex ecosystem of labor, ethnicity, and maritime industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eVisual Narrative:\u003c\/b\u003e The essay moves through the city’s geography—from the bustling waterfront docks and the \"Elysian Fields\" to the intimate, cramped interiors of working-class tenements and local social clubs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eHumanist Focus:\u003c\/b\u003e Collins emphasized the dignity of the residents during a time of national mobilization. Her shots of longshoremen, children playing in the streets, and the distinct local bars provide a raw, unvarnished look at a community on the brink of the wartime industrial boom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eContext and Magazine Format\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eDuring this period, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"20\"\u003eU.S. Camera\u003c\/i\u003e—edited by Tom Maloney and advised by the legendary \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"83\"\u003eEdward Steichen\u003c\/b\u003e—was the premier technical and aesthetic journal for American photographers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTechnical Sophistication:\u003c\/b\u003e The magazine was known for its high-quality gravure printing, which allowed the deep blacks and textured shadows of Collins’ documentary work to resonate more powerfully than in standard newsprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eEditorial Vision:\u003c\/b\u003e The 1941 issues focused heavily on \"The American Scene.\" Collins’ Hoboken essay served as a bridge between art photography and social reportage, illustrating how a camera could be used as a tool for sociopolitical observation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eLegacy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eMarjorie Collins’ contribution to this issue remains a definitive historical record of pre-war Hoboken. It stands as a masterful early U.S. example of a \"picture story,\" a model which for the way magazines like \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"201\"\u003eLIFE\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"210\"\u003eLook\u003c\/i\u003e would eventually communicate complex social issues to a mass audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eNote: For a short bio of Collins, see Wikipedia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gary Saretzky Photo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47653306204354,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0593\/3115\/0018\/files\/IMG_1667.jpg?v=1778543734","url":"https:\/\/store.saretzky.com\/products\/u-s-camera-4-2-august-1941-featuring-marjorie-collins-photo-essay-on-hoboken-new-jersey","provider":"Gary Saretzky Photo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}