A. Aubrey Bodine Signed Photograph, Bird's Eye View of Baltimore

A. Aubrey Bodine (1906-1970) Bird's Eye View of Baltimore c. 1965 Gelatin Silverprint Photograph This original photograph by the American genre photographer, A. Aubrey Bodine, is signed in ink at the bottom right corner. The photo depicts a view of the Baltimore skyline highlighting the historic Belvedere Grand Condominium to the left as it towers over the rest of the city. On the reverse, the photo is stamped "Photograph & Printed by A. Aubrey Bodine, Hon F.P.S.A.,F.N.P.P. Image # 27-128". The beautiful scene showcases Bodine's mastery over light and shadow as well as his love of the city of Baltimore. A. Aubrey Bodine was a force in the pictorial photojournalism world. Born in 1906 in Baltimore, Maryland, his photography career began in the 1920s. He worked as a photojournalist at the Baltimore Sunday Sun capturing events and life as they appeared. Bodine's focus on post-war Mid-Atlantic America covered topics relating to the life of the American at the time including occupations