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The Foundry

featuring artists in Caroline County
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Featured Artist
Aubrey Bodine A sailor studies his meal choices at this coffee house on Baltimore Street, a short walk

Artist of the Month north from Baltimore Harbor.

In a time when it seems everyone is aft er standing on highrises or in a boat while as the fi rst solo exhibitor in the Soviet
finding their niche and following their not knowing how to swim. Jennifer Union since the war.

passions it is amazing to look back on also recounted that, when asked for
the extensive collection of works from advice from other photographers, he To this day, Aubrey’s daughter Jennifer
Aubrey Bodine. would say, “Go out in the worst weather continues to maintain and celebrate
imaginable.” his works through The Foundry in
While at a young age, Aubrey began Denton and online at aaubreybodine.
work at the Baltimore Sun in necessity Aubrey Bodine became the Baltimore com. His works can also be purchased
as his family required fi nancial support. Sunday Sun feature photographer in through a number of books which are
It was at the Sun as an assistant that 1927 at age twenty-one. He won the also available on the website.
his connection to the blossoming Honorary Fellowship for the National
photography scene began. It was there Press Photography Association and
in the 1920’s that his hardworking the Honorary Fellowship of the
nature and willingness to jump into Photographic Society of America. In (Caroline Arts continued on next page)
the moment- no matter the diffi culty 1965 he had a solo exhibition in Russia
or danger- to capture these unique and
impactful moments of life transformed
into a passion for the Art of photography.

Though he may not have necessarily
sought a niche, he came to find one that

would carry with it a legacy not only
for his own artworks but a historical
account of the vast and beautiful lives
of those around him.
In an interview conducted through
the Delmarva Almanac, his daughter,
Jennifer Bodine, recounted that, “no
story was ever beneath him.” He was
willing to go out in the worst weather
and was willing to travel at any time to
all sorts of places. In doing so he got Chesapeake Skipjack Dredging
himself into many precarious situations, A. Aubrey Bodine 1933

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