A. Aubrey Bodine was a photographer for the Baltimore Sun's Sunday Sun Magazine, also known as the brown section, for fifty years. Bodine is known for iconic images of Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

 landmarks and traditions. He attended the Maryland Institute College of Art

Maryland Institute College of Art

Maryland Institute College of Art is an art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the first and oldest art colleges in the United States. In 2008, MICA was ranked #2 in the nation...

. Bodine's books include My Maryland, Chesapeake Bay and Tidewater, Face of Maryland, Face of Virginia, and Guide to Baltimore and Annapolis.

“Choptank Oyster Dredgers” won first prize, as the best black and white picture in the 1949 Popular Photography contest which attracted 51,038 entries. The next year’s contest drew 53,554 entries and Bodine’s “Early Morning Charge” won second prize.

One-man shows

Bodine pictures are in permanent museum collections including: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Creative Photography, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Amon Carter Museum, Morris Museum, Peale Museum now the Maryland Historical Society, Mariners’ Museum, Maritime Museum, George Eastman House Enoch Pratt Free Library, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, museums in Seattle, Detroit and Toronto, plus others.

External links

• http://www.aaubreybodine.com/
• http://photography.about.com/od/acphotographers/a/a_bodine.htm
• http://www.vintagemapposters.com/catalog/A_Aubrey_Bodine-22-1.html
• Smithsonian Magazine Article
• http://blog.tribunephotos.com/2011/08/aubrey-bodine-prominent-american.html