Catching Shadows
CATCHING SHADOWS: A Tintype Portfolio of Native Americans Living in the 21st Century on Maryland's Eastern Shore
The 19th century Native Americans called the white men with large wooden cameras "Shadow Catchers." All the images shown here are made in the wet-plate method that was first Introduced in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer. I use a wooden reproduction camera fitted with a brass Voigtlander lens made in the year 1864.
The Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs acknowledges four indigenous Native American tribes living on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the year 2009: the Accohannock, the Assateague, the Nause Waiwash Band of Indians, and the Pocomoke.
CATCHING SHADOWS: A TRAVELING EXHIBITION BEGINNING APRIL 2010.
Catching Shadows is sponsored by The Queen Anne's County Arts Council.
This project receives support from:
Maryland Traditions through a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, the
Maryland Historical Trust, and the National Endowment on the Arts.
The Maryland Humanities Council
The Chaney Foundation
