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    Morristown Green
    July 21 2014

    The spirit of Morristown's Sandrian Camera will live on, as gallery

    July 21, 2014 by Kevin Coughlin


    The sad news: Sandrian Camera finally is bowing out after 87 years in
    Morristown.

    The happy news: It will be reborn as the 70 South Gallery, and retain
    many of Sandrian's staffers.

    A "past customer and personal friend" is purchasing the photo shop,
    which will remain open during "a fantastic facelift" and continue
    offering high-end print services, owner Peter Sandrian Jr. told
    customers on Monday.

    He did not disclose the buyer's identity.

    In addition to providing photo editing and printing services,
    including printing on canvas and metal, the new gallery will host
    photo-related events and display works by local professionals and
    amateurs, including area high school students.

    Coming soon...70 South Gallery. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

    The gallery is envisioned as a "central location where they can
    collaborate, admire and share their work in order to develop their
    craft; and to provide local residents with a high-touch photo
    experience," Sandrian said.

    Citing stiff online competition, the Sandrian family announced the
    closure last December. Its Clinton store was shuttered in February,
    and the family has been liquidating its inventory ever since in
    Morristown, where Sandrian's father, an Armenian immigrant, opened a
    portrait studio in 1927.

    The long goodbye has been emotional for family members, who forged
    bonds with customers spanning decades.

    "I'm very pleased," said Peter's wife, Kathy Sandrian, who met her
    future husband while running a gift shop next to Sandrian Camera.
    Their children became familiar faces behind the counter, and Myles
    Sandrian said earlier this month that he may remain so.

    Although changes in the photo industry eroded the family's business,
    "I think the business will come back in other forms," Kathy Sandrian
    said.

    "I'm very happy that people can still get their photos printed. If you
    don't print them, you will lose the joy of them," she said.

    http://morristowngreen.com/2014/07/21/the-spirit-of-morristowns-sandrian-camera-will-live-on-as-gallery/

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