by Alanah Swindle | Dec 22, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Texas, Tintypes, Unknown Location
In taking care to unpack the materiality of a given photograph, who do we leave behind? Is it possible to acknowledge all the hands involved in the process? “The photographer’s thumbprint, a common artifact, is in the lower right corner.”1 The above quote is culled...
by Lauren Bradshaw | Dec 5, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Tintypes, Unknown Location
Portrait of a Seated Man, Tintype, Circa 1860-1869, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Museums, and Press. Portrait of a Seated Woman, Tintype, Circa 1860-1869, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Museums, and Press. This past...
by Jamie Clifford | Nov 8, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Tintypes
Living in the digital age, I am not used to thinking of photographs as objects. I most commonly encounter photographs as images on a phone screen or computer monitor. While there are old photo albums at my parents’ house, they have spent the past ten or so years...
by darbywit | Jun 23, 2021 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Tintypes
Despite the worn iron plate marked by dents and scratches, the yet-to-be-identified sitter’s curious and determined eyes connect with the viewer (See Figure 1). We, the contemporary viewer, do not know her name nor the context in which this photograph was made....
by dstat | May 20, 2021 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Tintypes
Portrait of four men, two seated, two standing, c. 1860-1880, tintype (collodion and silver image on japanned iron) GRA 0140Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark,...
by Danielle Bing | May 12, 2021 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, CHC Project Team Spring 2021, Tintypes
Portrait of a seated woman and standing child. Tintype (collodion and silver image on japanned iron). Circa 1860-1880. Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Museums, and Press. Black Portrait Photograph Collection. “A photograph is worth a thousand...
