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# Steven M. Cummings Photograph collection

Anacostia Community Museum

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- Cummings, Steven M.
- Place
- Washington (D.C.) -- Pictorial works
- Topic
- African American photographers
- African American men
- Provenance
- Donated by Steven M. Cummings in 2006.
- Creator
- Cummings, Steven M.
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- Steven M. Cummings Photograph collection
- 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.
- 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.
- Extent
- 0.06 Linear feet (1 oversize folder)
- 11 Photographic prints (Gelatin silver., 16 x 16 inches)
- Date
- 1993-2005
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Identifier
- ACMA.06-043
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographic prints
- Black-and-white photographs
- Portraits
- Gelatin silver prints
- Citation
- Steven M. Cummings Photograph collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Steven M. Cummings.
- Processing Information note
- The collection were processed in 2016 by Jennifer Morris.
- 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.
- Genre/Form
- Black-and-white photographs
- Portraits
- Gelatin silver prints
- Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Related link- Record ID
- ebl-1512603617268-1512603617274-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- GUID
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7e11a0c66-e701-46e7-a03e-25ec9cfea68e
In the Collection-  Incense Man 
-  Urban Gothic 
-  Uzikee 
-  Untitled 
-  Sunday Laugh 
-  Untitled 
-  We Got Blues 
-  4th of July 
-  McKey's Antiques 
-  Ethnic Image 
-  54th Massachusetts 
  Steven M. Cummings photographic printsCC0Creative Commons - No Rights Reserved iconUsage Conditions Apply>download icon>          There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .        International media Interoperability FrameworkIIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.View manifestView in Mirador ViewerExpand to view image×                View Finding aid             Footer logo      
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