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MY MARYLAND
“America in Miniature”
by A. Aubrey Bodine
When an internationally-known
photographer, endowed with a high degree of artistic ability and a
deep love for the beauty and historical significance of his native
state, sets out to portray his feeling with words and pictures
something unusual is bound to result. This book is it.
Spread throughout its 128
pages are more than 170 of A. Aubrey Bodine’s finest pictures,
selected by him as being most representative of the state of Maryland.
The map which embellishes the end papers will quickly be recognized as
the work of the famous Sunpapers cartoonist, Richard Q. Yardley. For
more than twenty-five years the author has covered every nook and
cranny of Maryland. His travels have taken him from the sun-drenched
shores where the broad Atlantic laps the beaches, to the counties of
the west where the Appalachians thrust their lofty heights.
He has photographed Maryland
from the air and burrowed with cave explorers into the depths of her
limestone caverns. He has lashed himself to a heaving boat in the
Chesapeake to catch the oyster dredgers and fishermen going about
their rugged work, and he has braved rain and snow and fog to capture
some of his most beautiful pictures.
There is no man who has made
as many pictures of Maryland and there is none better qualified to
select from his gigantic collection those pictures which best
represent his feelings of the beauty, the humor, the history, the
heritage and tradition of Maryland and her people.
All the photographs in this
book are superb examples of the photographer’s art - many have been
hung in international exhibitions - and the reproductions, by the
Unitone process, faithfully preserve each small detail of the original
prints.
It is fortunate that this
leading artist of the lens is a native of a state so rich in material
as Maryland, and he has made the most of it. Often called “America
in Miniature,” Maryland has rugged mountains, luxuriant farms, the
magnificent Chesapeake Bay with its more than 3600 miles of coastline,
beautiful rivers and historic bridges, the great seaport of Baltimore,
and giant industries. All have been recorded for you to enjoy.
Camera Magazine
217 E. 25th Street, Baltimore 18, Md.
Cover picture: “O’er the Ramparts,”
Fort McHenry, birthplace of “The Star-Spangled Banner”
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Quotes from Reviews:
THEODORE R. McKELDIN,
Governor of Maryland
“Photography at its finest; Maryland at its best.”
H. L. MENCKEN
“Finest thing of the sort I have ever seen . . the book will have a
big success for a long time.”
GERALD W. JOHNSON,
New York Herald-Tribune
You will not find a more beautiful gift book on any
of the book counters this year. A book that opens our eyes to the
beauty that lies all around us is more than a mere ornament;, it
really makes life better worth living.”
JACOB DESCHIN,
New York Times
“Bodine combines. the gift of a highly competent
photographer . . . with the conscientiousness of a faithful reporter
and the enthusiasm of an eager guide . . . All in all, it’s a book
any reader will enjoy - even a non-Marylander.”
JOHN H. SCARFF,
Baltimore Sun
“It is certainly a labor of love, for it shows
skillfully and beautifully, in smiling moods, the fair and gentle face
of Maryland . . : “
JOSEPH COSTA,
King Features Syndicate
“The book is beautiful’. . . wonderful . . . and
can’t help but reflect credit on press photography as a whole.”
ED WERGLES,
Newsweek
“ My Maryland certainly lives up to what
America’s camera fans have come to expect from a fine photographic
artist and craftsman.”
JAMES L. COLLINGS,
Editor and Publisher
“There are no words to describe the feeling and
beauty of what Bodine has captured. At least there aren’t here. Get
a copy of My Maryland and then you will understand.”
MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE
“His landscapes and seascapes are among the best we’ve
ever seen-and it is certain that he loves his native state a great
deal. If you are an admirer of Bodine’s work-and most lovers of
beautiful photography are-then this is the book for you.”
U. S. CAMERA MAGAZINE
“Bodine has produced a book that in concept and
execution rivals, as few American books have ever done, the
magnificent European books . . . His is the work of a pictorialist who
is above all an excellent photographer.”
MABEL SCACHERI,
N. Y. World-Telegram-Sun
“ My Maryland, published with the best job of
reproductions I’ve seen in a long time, contains many gems of
information along with the swell pix. The book . . . is a bargain.”
PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE
“Bodine’s pictures give a sweeping panorama of
the State, and the captions are crammed with odd bits of local lore
and history. A technical perfectionist, Bodine’s photographs are
famed for their superb print quality . . .
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