Steven M. Cummings Photograph collection

Object Details

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.

Date

1993-2005

Extent

0.06 Linear feet (1 oversize folder)

11 Photographic prints (Gelatin silver., 16 x 16 inches)

Provenance

Donated by Steven M. Cummings in 2006.

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.

Citation

Steven M. Cummings Photograph collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Steven M. Cummings.

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Black-and-white photographs

Portraits

Gelatin silver prints

Topic

African American photographers

African American men

Place

Washington (D.C.) -- Pictorial works

Identifier

ACMA.06-043