The year 1950 was a watershed year for the young Fred J. Maroon. In the space of six weeks he graduated from college, was hired by Life Magazine in New York, and was awarded a scholarship to do graduate architectural studies at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Life Magazine, on learning of the Beaux-Arts scholarship, strongly encouraged Mr. Maroon to accept it, and offered to make him a "stringer" in Life's Paris bureau for the year he was to spend there.

"Lovers on Bench" was taken during that period. Though Mr. Maroon always believed that this photograph was taken in Stockholm, there is now some doubt about it and further research is being conducted to conclusively determine the location for this shot.

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For more on his European collection, please visit: http://fredmaroon.com/eu.htm