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Revisions: Celebrating Fifty Years of the UMBC Photography Collections

September 3 – December 15, 2024

Revisions: Celebrating Fifty Years of the UMBC Photography Collections features highlights and lesser-known gems from UMBC’s considerable photography holdings. Looking back at a half-century of collecting, the exhibition offers thematic groupings and visual juxtapositions of photographs from the nineteenth century to the present. The display asks viewers to approach the history of photography with fresh eyes. Among the artists featured are Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Kerry Coppin, Cary Beth Cryor, Judy Dater, Robert Frank, Roland Freeman, Ralph Gibson, Lewis Hine, and Alfred Stieglitz.  

Cover image: Kerry Coppin, Dakar, Senegal, 2000-2002. Inkjet print. The Kerry Coppin Collection, UMBC (Coll355)


Public Programming

Opening reception and curatorial tour

Thursday September 12, 5pm

Free and open to the public.

Alfred Stieglitz, Sun Rays – Paula, Berlin, 1889/ printed 1929. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Edward Bafford, The Photography Collections, UMBC (P74-07-001)


Ralph Gibson, Elba, 1983. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Carol Ann Merritt, The Photography Collections, UMBC (P93-14-004) © Ralph Gibson

Mary Ellen Mark, Ward 81, Oregon State Hospital, Salem, Oregon, 1976. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Andrew Cahan, The Photography Collections, UMBC (P2013-32-001) © Mary Ellen Mark, courtesy of The Mary Ellen Mark Foundation/Howard Greenberg Gallery

Darryl Curran, Point Lobos Legacy, 1980. Cyanotype. Gift of the artist, The Photography Collections, UMBC (P2021-01-005) © Darryl Curran