Steven M. Cummings Photograph collection
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- Steven M. Cummings Photograph collection
- Identifier
- ACMA.06-043
- Creator
- Cummings, Steven M.
- Biographical/Historical note
- Steven M. Cummings is a photographer and documentarian who has a studio in Northeast, Washington, DC. He was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1965 and traveled through Europe with his military family as a child. Cummings depicts black life in Washington, DC and shoots almost exclusively in black and white. He captures people as they are, outside the studio, in natural light, and going about the business of living. He graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2010 with an M.F.A. in Photographic and Electronic Media. Cummings selected exhibitions include D.C. Undercover: Photographs by Steven M. Cummings, Artuare, and Chocolate City Rest in Peace.
- Processing Information note
- The collection were processed in 2016 by Jennifer Morris.
- Date
- 1993-2005
- Provenance
- Donated by Steven M. Cummings in 2006.
- Extent
- 0.06 Linear feet (1 oversize folder)
- 11 Photographic prints (Gelatin silver., 16 x 16 inches)
- Summary
- This collection, which dates from 1993-2005, contains 11 gelatin silver photographic prints by Steven M. Cummings. The images depict mostly African-American men in scenes of daily life in the Washington, D.C. area.
- Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at [email protected].
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographic prints
- Black-and-white photographs
- Portraits
- Gelatin silver prints
- Genre/Form
- Black-and-white photographs
- Portraits
- Gelatin silver prints
- Rights
- The Steven M. Cummings photographs are the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.
- Creator
- Cummings, Steven M.
- Topic
- African American photographers
- African American men
- Place
- Washington (D.C.) -- Pictorial works
- Citation
- Steven M. Cummings Photograph collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Steven M. Cummings.
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Record ID
- ebl-1512603617268-1512603617274-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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