Recognizing the Portuguese Immigrants of the 1940s through Photographs by Visual Anthropologist John Collier Jr.

Authors

Anna Giberson, Brigham Young University
James Swensen, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Portuguese, immigrants, photographs, John Collier

College

Humanities

Department

Comparative Arts and Letters

Abstract

This project focused on the study of the photographs of Portuguese immigrants in Massachusetts taken in 1942 by John Collier Jr., an important pioneer in visual anthropology. My goal was to analyze Collier’s photographs in order to raise awareness of the contributions made by the Portuguese immigrant communities in Massachusetts as well as the work done by Collier in documenting their community.

Recommended Citation

Giberson, Anna and Swensen, James (2018) "Recognizing the Portuguese Immigrants of the 1940s through Photographs by Visual Anthropologist John Collier Jr.," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2018: Iss. 1, Article 116.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2018/iss1/116