A. Aubrey Bodine Silver Gelatin Photograph "Fells Point Barber Shop," 1956

Item Details

A. Aubrey Bodine (American, 1906 – 1970)
Fells Point Barber Shop, 1956
Signed to lower right
Two artist’s studio stamps to verso
Includes print information and artist biography from the A. Aubrey Bodine Family Collection

In 1923 A. Aubrey Bodine was an office boy at Baltimore Sun. After taking photographs of the Thomas Viaduct at Relay he showed them to the editor of the Sunday paper who immediately published them. This began Bodine’s career, where he has chronicled every aspect of Maryland life on the pages of the Baltimore Sun. Relying mostly on capturing an image by using his viewfinder, Bodine had also experimented with working on the negative. Using intensifiers, pencil marking, dyes, and adding clouds photographically, he was able to create intense manipulations. Bodine has been featured in numerous books, magazines, calendars, and murals. His work has been exhibited extensively and is collected both privately and publicly.

Condition

- uneven toning to sheet; minor abrasions to surface; creasing and handling wear to corners; toning and adhesive accretions to verso; some billowing.

Dimensions

- measures sheet; image measures 11.75" W x 9.25" H.

Item #

ITMG956090