A. Aubrey Bodine

A. Aubrey Bodine was a painter with the camera rather than a conventional photojournalist; he favored a soft focus, somewhat analogous to Arthur's remembrances, and he was likewise, a romantic rather than an objective chronicler. A pictorialist, whose first concern was fine art rather than just a hard-edged photographic record, he worked from 1927 to 1970 for the Baltimore Sunday Sun, where its Sun Magazine became his gallery. His genius in the darkroom has long been legendary. He heavily...See more

A. Aubrey Bodine was a painter with the camera rather than a conventional photojournalist; he favored a soft focus, somewhat analogous to Arthur's remembrances, and he was likewise, a romantic rather than an objective chronicler. A pictorialist, whose first concern was fine art rather than just a hard-edged photographic record, he worked from 1927 to 1970 for the Baltimore Sunday Sun, where its Sun Magazine became his gallery. His genius in the darkroom has long been legendary. He heavily retouched elements of his photos, deepened shadows, and manipulated images. See less