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A. Aubrey Bodine (1906-1970),
former photographic director of the Sunday Sun
Magazine, recorded his beloved state of Maryland
for fifty years. The Baltimore pictorialist
attended the Maryland Institute College of Art.
He was awarded fellowships by both the
Photographic Society of America and the
National Press Photographers Association,
making history as the first photographer to be so
honored by his peers. With Stanley L. Cahn's
assistance, Bodine published My Maryland,
Chesapeake Bay and Tidewater, Face of Maryland,
Face of Virginia, and Guide to Baltimore and Annapolis.
Jennifer B. Bodine was a trial lawyer, is a
stained glass artist, mother, and her father's
biggest fan. She compiled Bodine's Chesapeake
Bay Country from thousands of A. Aubrey
Bodine's photographs. She received a B.A. from
the University of Maryland, a J.D. from the
University of Baltimore, and an M.A. from
Washington College. She and her husband run an
Internet business reproducing A. Aubrey Bodine's
photographs.
Design: James Bricker
Composition: Mid-Atlantic Books & Journals, Inc.
Printed in China
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
4880 Lower Valley Road
Atglen PA 19310
www.schifferbooks.com
Cover picture: Bodine on Assignment
(Image ID: 04-127)
A. Aubrey Bodine was on assignment photographing
cave explorations.
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Bodine's Chesapeake Bay Country
A. A. Bodine
Edited by Jennifer Bodine
“Photographing the United States was a big thrill,
but I always get a bigger thrill when I make a picture
of a fleet of dredge boats moving over an oyster bed on a
beautiful autumn day.”
A. Aubrey Bodine
Bodine's Chesapeake Bay Country is by and
about A. Aubrey Bodine: Baltimore pictorialist, Sunpapers
photographer, a Maryland treasure, and one of the greatest
photographers of his time. Bodine's
photographs chronicled nearly every aspect of
Maryland life on the pages of the Baltimore
Sunpapers from 1924 to 1970. This new
volume, containing 286 digitally restored
photographs, is divided into five Maryland
areas: Baltimore and surrounds, Chesapeake
Bay, Eastern Shore, Southern Maryland and
Annapolis, and Western Maryland.
Bodine's first four books,
My Maryland,
Chesapeake Bay and Tidewater,
Face of Maryland,
Face of Virginia,
published between 1952 and 1970, were immensely
popular. For Bodine's Chesapeake Bay Country,
editor Jennifer Bodine engaged specific essays
and descriptions from her father's books, and
selected the images that were Bodine's personal
favorites or award winners. The Baltimore
pictorialist won over a thousand awards in
national and international competitions.
To fully capture the essence of A. Aubrey
Bodine, photographs have also been gathered
from his personal collection and the Baltimore
Sun's extensive archive.
Cover picture: Bay Bridge Rising
(Image ID: 06-041)
Construction of the first suspension bridge over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
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