Marjorie Content

by Jill Quasha

The photographer Marjorie Content (1895-1984) was a modest and unpretentious woman who kept her work largely to herself. She rarely published and never exhibited. Among her close friends were a number of famous artists, including the photographer Alfred Stieglitz, the painter Georgia O'Keeffe, the playwright Maxwell Anderson, and the novelist Kay Boyle. Although she never referred to herself as an artist, she worked steadily as an art photographer for fifteen years, unbeknownst to almost all of her artist friends. She was for much of her life more of a muse and source of encouragement to others, including her fourth husband, the writer Jean Toomer, and Georgia O'Keeffe. . Jill Quasha became fascinated by Content's work years ago, and in this beautiful volume she presents both Content's photographs and biographical and critical essays by three distinguished writers.