The Hood photography collection includes a wide array of portraiture by early pioneers in photography, iconic portraits, studio work of everyday people, and experimental portraiture. There are examples of daguerreotypes, and Hollywood studio portraits, among others.
Portraiture
Collection cards
Arnold Genthe, American (born Germany), 1869 - 1942
Arvia MacKaye (1902-1989) as a Child
about 1913
2007.78.1
Ralph Gibson, American, born 1939
Basstienne, from the portfolio Ralph Gibson, The Silver Edition - Vol. 1
1967
2010.79.11.1
Augustus Washington, American, 1820/21 - 1875
James B. Beach of Litchfield, Connecticut
before 1853
2013.64.1
Russell Ball, American, 1891 - 1942
Dolores del Río for The Trail of ’98, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1928
2019.57.4
Julia Margaret Cameron, English, 1815 - 1879
"The May Queen," from "Portfolio of Twelve Victorian Photographs," number 4 of 12
1874; registered 1875
ph.967.96.4
Edward Steichen, American (born Luxembourg), 1879 - 1973
William M. Chase, plate 7, in the book Steichen, 1906
negative 1904; print about 1906
ph.973.175.5.7
Frank Eugene, American, 1865 - 1936
Miss Jones (A Portrait); from the portfolio American Pictorial Photography, Series Two
1901
ph.973.454.4
Frank Eugene, American, 1865 - 1936
Lady of Charlotte; from the portfolio American Pictorial Photography, Series Two
1899
ph.973.454.5
Walker Evans, American, 1903 - 1975
Allie Mae Burroughs, Wife of a Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama
negative 1936; print by 1973
ph.973.8
Ann Parker, American (born England), born 1934
Bearded Man with Flower-Stitched Poncho, Barillas, number 22, from the portfolio, Itinerant Images of...
1983
ph.983.46.22
Jess T. Dugan, American, born 1986
Self-portrait (reaching), from the portfolio every breath we drew
2021, printed 2022
2022.20.10
Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, American, born 1991
I Look Like My Momma (Self Portrait 1980)
2019
2022.28.5