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Baltimore's Flashback Photography Retrospective Opens
Baltimore Museum of Art showcases 200+ photos spanning 185 years of city history.
In brief
Baltimore Museum of Art showcases 200+ photos spanning 185 years of city history. Baltimore Museum of Art opens 'Flashback: Two Centuries of Baltimore Photography' exhibition featuring 200+ images from 1853 to 2025. Originally reported by The Banner.
Flashback exhibition opens
Baltimore Museum of Art opens 'Flashback: Two Centuries of Baltimore Photography' exhibition featuring 200+ images.
“Flashback: Two Centuries of Baltimore Photography”
Exhibition runs through Feb 21
The exhibition runs through February twenty-first, showcasing Baltimore's photographic history from 1853 to 2025.
“‘Flashback’ exhibition runs through Feb 21”
Historical highlights included
Exhibition features abolitionist Frederick Douglass' first-known portrait and Martin Luther King Jr. shaking hands with Baltimoreans.
“Abolitionist Frederick Douglass’ first-known portrait. Martin Luther King Jr. shaking hands with Baltimoreans”
2015 Uprising protests captured
The exhibition includes tension-filled frontline photos from 2015's Uprising protests following Freddie Gray's death.
“Tension-filled frontline photos from city streets during 2015’s Uprising protests”
Curated by BMA department head
BMA department head Leslie Cozzi co-curated the exhibit with Antoinette Roberts.
“BMA department head Leslie Cozzi”
Chronological journey through history
Visitors begin with earliest known portraits of Edgar Allan Poe and Frederick Douglass.
“Visitors begin with the earliest known portraits of former baltimore residents edgar allan poe and douglass”
Urban Fabric section
The 'Urban Fabric' section highlights labor-focused photography from Baltimore's arts scene.
“the labor-focused 'Urban Fabric'”
Performance section
The 'Performance' section showcases snapshots from Baltimore's off-kilter arts community.
“snapshots from the city’s wonderfully off-kilter arts scene”
Historical significance
The exhibition captures Baltimore's history before smartphones became common for documentation.
“It also captures a time before cellphones became our go-to form of preservation”
Joseph Giordano's portrait
Joseph Giordano describes a retired Bethlehem Steel worker as 'one of my best portraits'.
“That’s one of my best portraits”
Abdu Ali at the Crown
Audrey Gatewood photographed Abdu Ali at KAHLON events at the Crown on North Charles Street.
“Abdu Ali at the Crown”
What to remember
Baltimore Museum of Art opens 'Flashback: Two Centuries of Baltimore Photography' exhibition featuring 200+ images from 1853 to 2025.
