by Thomas Busciglio-Ritter | Apr 30, 2021 | Location, Washington, D.C.
Browsing through the Baltimore Collection, one stumbles upon an unexpected sitter. Presenting his right profile, clad in an elegant costume and standup collar, his hair combed to the side, William McKinley (1843-1901), the future 25th President of the United States,...
by Thomas Busciglio-Ritter | Apr 30, 2021 | Location, Unknown Location
Perhaps unexpectedly, various landscapes appear throughout the University of Delaware Baltimore Collection of portrait photographs. Sprinkled here and there, some are real, some are fake. Some were likely lush green, some others grey. And some, even, are fading away....
by Ida Zago | Feb 9, 2018 | Baltimore, Location
Again and again as I worked with ‘my’ six photographs from “The Baltimore Collection” I reflected on what had initially drawn me to them.[1] My approach to picking photographs was entirely subjective and sitter-focused—I went through and made a shortlist of photos...
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...
by Ethan Barnett | Dec 13, 2017 | Baltimore, Theorizing the archive
To improve user experience listen to this while reading. If you take a glance at this photo, many potential scenarios come to mind. Are they related? Is she his caretaker? Are they neighbors? Does he know that she’s black? Do they love each other? One critique of the...
by Dorothy Fisher | Dec 13, 2017 | 588 North Gay Street, Baltimore, Location, Studios
All of us engaged in this project approached “The Baltimore Collection” from different perspectives and disciplinary backgrounds. Much of our discussions about the collection centered around archival practices as we discussed the process of creating metadata to be...
