by Simone Renee Austin | Dec 29, 2017 | Theorizing the archive
“The Baltimore Collection” has much to offer both the casual browser and scholars searching for images for their next book. The research opportunities led me to want to consider who these sitters are in the portraits. The driving question I have about...
by Simone Renee Austin | Dec 18, 2017 | Unknown Location
How does one begin to research the personal photographs of someone unknown and from an era that is long past? Vintage portraits of unidentified sitters by unknown photographers present particular research concerns such as the possibility of not knowing the context for...