by Alanah Swindle | Dec 22, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Theorizing the archive, Unknown Location
Creating pictorial genealogies was the means by which one could ensure against the losses of the past. . . .They provided a necessary narrative, a way for us to enter history without words. –bell hooks1 At the end of October 2023, our class, “Curating the Hidden...
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 Taylor Brookins | Dec 7, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Texas, Theorizing the archive, Theory & Practice
Route via car from Texas to Delaware One thousand, six hundred- and forty-one-miles, a quick Google Maps search shows the driving distance from Texas to Delaware. It has been established that in 2023 a significant number of the photographs within the Black Portrait...
by Taylor Brookins | Dec 7, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Texas
Portrait of W.B. [Ganage?] “A cabinet card photograph of an unidentified man taken by the Lewison Brothers Cabinet Card Studio, the studio was located in San Antonio, Texas. The photograph is inscribed with Lewison Brothers on the front. Facing the photographer, the...
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 Leah Mackall | Dec 2, 2023 | Uncategorized, Unknown Location
If the practice of art history has taught me anything it’s that sometimes it’s okay to stare. Stare at pictures, stare at words, stare at people. I often find myself trying to connect deeper to people through eye contact. It’s an important aspect to human connection....
