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Anthony delivers a warm and detailed portrait of Collins and some facets of New Orleans' rich and richly complicated culture in the early 20th century.
--Gambit: New Orleans News and Entertainment

A wealth of high-quality, b&w historical studio portraits taken by Collins, portraying Creole and African-American couples, children, families, graduates, clubs, and debutantes in New Orleans from 1920 to 1949.
--Book News Inc.

Readers will appreciate amusing and emotional anecdotes while also gaining a strong sense of what New Orleans was like in those 20th-century decades for Creoles and others of African heritage.
--Library Journal Reviews

A well-researched account of a woman who documented a part of New Orleans that was seldom seen as worthy of notice.
--Pasadenasun

As documented and examined in Arthé A. Anthony’s fascinating new book...displayed both a remarkable, subtly sensual aesthetic and also... engaged in a stealthy for of defiance to racial bigotry.
--LA Weekly

Readers will appreciate amusing and emotional anecdotes while also gaining a strong sense of what New Orleans was like in those 20th-century decades for Creoles and others of African heritage.
--Library Journal

A fascinating mix of memoir and family history that brings to light the challenges of being a black woman photographer during the turn of the 20th century…illustrates a Creole woman’s desire to contribute her art to the broader black arts movement during the early twentieth century and depict her surrounding community with dignity and care.
--Journal of American Ethnic History

Readers wanting to know more about the history of photography, Creole culture in New Orleans, or issues of race and gender in the early twentieth century will find much of interest in this work.
--The Journal of Southern History

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