Depth of Field: Acquisitions to UMBC’s Photography Collection, 2008-2018

August 29 – December 19, 2018

Depth of Field presents approximately one-hundred images acquired over the last ten years by UMBC’s Photography Collections through generous gifts from donors and artists. The photographs on view highlight the breadth and depth of the collection and illustrate the range of forms, technology, and artists that historically shaped the medium and are presently impacting its ongoing evolution.

Artists included:

Laurie Brown, Kristin Capp, Clarence Carvell, William Eggleston, Donna Ferrato, Robert Fichter, Todd Forsgren, Peggy Fox, Sally Gall, Ralph Gibson, Penny Harris, Sam Holden, Irina Ionesco, Walter Ioos, N. Jay Jaffee, Brian Jones, Nate Larson, Alen MacWeeney, Mary Ellen Mark, Dorothy Norman, David Seltzer, David Seymour, Steve Szabo, Barbara Traub, Peter Turnley, Robert Von Sternberg.

two women in subway — N. Jay Jaffee
*Woman and Young Girl in Subway,* 1951
Gelatin silver print
selenium toned Accession no. P2012-17-012
© The N. Jay Jaffee Trust, used with permission

young man standing — Studio of R. Yamamoto, Yokohama, Japan
U.S. Sailor Earnest Estens, of the U.S.S. South Dakota, early 20th Century Cabinet card,
Accession no. P2016-01-014

landscape — Barbara Traub
*Free Cloud,* 1995
Gelatin silver print
Accession no. 2013-02-016
© Barbara Traub, used with permission

portrait of a young woman — Lotte Jacobi
Marlene Dietrich, 1929
Accession no. P2013-31-014
© Lotte Jacobi Collection, UMBC

Abandoned house in the field — Steve Szabo
*Goat House, Wolf Trap Creek,* 1976
From the series Eastern Shore
Platinum print Collection 254
© Steve Szabo, used with permission of the artist’s estate

interior of an abandoned building — Steve Szabo
*Interior, Christ M. E. Church,* 1976
From the series Eastern Shore
Platinum print
Collection 254
© Steve Szabo, used with permission

portrait with flowers and bird — Robert Fichter
*Dürer with Red Flowers*, from the series *Florida Photogenesia*
1984 Silver-dye bleach print
Collection 132
© Robert Fichter, used with permission

bird stuck in web — Todd Forsgren
*Puerto Rican Tody (Todus mexicanus)*, 2009
From the series *Ornithological* Photographs
Inkjet print
Accession no. P2016-07-006
© Todd Forsgren, used with permission

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