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Guest Post 29: Colleen Thornton on Paul Grottkau and Lucy Parsons (7)

Lucy Parsons thus chose two highly regarded, technically proficient New York City photographers to take her photo in 1886. Their talents ensured that these portrait photos captured the public’s attention for decades to come. […]

Guest Post 29: Colleen Thornton on Paul Grottkau and Lucy Parsons (4)

The relationship between photographer and sitter is, at best, an intimate collaboration that serves mutual purposes. This photograph of Lucy Parsons by Paul Grottkau is a perfect example of that truism, and quite possibly a conscious attempt to seize control of the public narrative from a hostile media. […]