Calhoun County AlArchives News.....Photography - Mary G. Roberts September 12, 1971
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The Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama September 12, 1971
Source: The Anniston Star, Sunday September 12, 1971, Anniston, Alabama
Women In Motion by Billie Merrill, Editor
Mary Roberts:
"Photography is still, my hobby" says Miss Roberts of her business at Mary 
Roberts Studio.
"I believe most photographers' hobby is photography. You don't have much time 
for anything
else...photographers see pictures everywhere...will ruin shoes to get a good 
shot."

Miss Roberts dedication and total involvement in photography shines through 
all her conversation.
Even visits to her family revolve around shopping trips to Atlanta for 
photographic supplies.

With the British Intelligence during World War II, Miss Roberts says of her 
time in service, "as I lay there on that little brown bunk I promised myself 
that I'd do what I wanted to do when the war was over."

Armed with her hobby and 500 slides taken overseas, she opened her shop in 
1946.  She was besieged with request to give programs narrating her slides 
from as far away as Birmingham, including some military installations.  "After 
27 talks, I put the slides away," she states in a very determined voice.  And 
in many years they have not been dusted off.

Her favorite subject for photos? "I'm fickle.  Today it's men, tomorrow women 
and children, the next day outdoor scenes," she says with a tinkle in her eye. 
A MUST is to see light...natural color is the thing today.. "
Miss Roberts goes on about her life --- photography.


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