Finding the Charm in Charm City: Affectionate Views of Baltimore - Couverture rigide

May, Huguette D.; Smith, Anthea

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801859298 ISBN 13 : 9780801859298

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

Synopsis

From the Bel-Loc Diner to the Arbutus Poodle Salon and the now-vacant Pikes Theater, this volume presents photographs of a Baltimore in the midst of change, but one whose past can still be found. Each landmark represents a history of the city and its people, with human stories and historical detail. The photographs show marble steps and rowhouses, car dealers and corner shops, murals, pubs and warehouses. Every subject is visible from the street and May and Smith have arranged the work around 14 of the city's most inviting corridors, from South Hanover Street and Ritchie Highway to Washington Boulevard and Wilkens Avenue; from Reisterstown, Falls and York Roads to Eastern Avenue, Harford and Belair Roads. Using the Polaroid image transfer technique, May individually printed more than 100 colour pictures to capture the variety of interesting building exteriors, design details and quirky sights she found around Baltimore. The process (fully explained in the text) creates colour images of warmth and vitality. Accompanying the photographs, Smith's descriptions blend human stories with historical detail, delving into the city's past to present Baltimore personalities such as Albert Knight, who invented Formstone in 1937, and William Anton Octavek, who started the city's folk art tradition of painted screens in 1914.

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À propos de l'auteur

Huguette D. May's work has received numerous awards in national juried competitions and invitational exhibitions. She has served as president of the Maryland Pastel Society and has been a juried member of the Pastel Society of America. In 1990 she established her own professional photography service, Art & Image, and became the first Certified Electronic Imager in Maryland through the Professional Photographers of America, Inc. Huguette and her husband, Tom, lived in Baltimore for eleven years, before 1996, when they moved to eastern Massachusetts. Anthea Smith is an award-winning painter who also writes. Her early professional experiences include work as a graphic artist, a production manager, and the vice president of an advertising agency in Baltimore. She attended the Maryland Institute, College of Art, earning a certificate in Fine Arts in Painting in 1987. Anthea lives in the mill neighborhood of Hampden with her husband, Bert (author of the book 'Greetings from Baltimore: Postcard Views of the City', also available from Johns Hopkins), and four cats.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801859298
• ISBN 13: 9780801859298
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible