A. Aubrey Bodine's 'School Bus Stop (1952)' Showcases Photographic Legacy and Artistic Innovation

The press release announces the availability of A. Aubrey Bodine's photograph "School Bus Stop (1952)" depicting Mr. McGill picking up sisters Barbara and Doris Brice at Philip's Delight One-Room School in Frederick County, Maryland, with the image accessible for ordering through its ID# 48-532 on Bodine's official website at https://www.aaubreybodine.com. This photograph is part of Bodine's broader documentary work capturing Maryland's occupations and activities, renowned for its artistic quality and lighting effects that surpassed typical newspaper standards.

A. Aubrey Bodine (1906-1970) was regarded globally as one of the finest pictorialists of the twentieth century, with his photographs exhibited in hundreds of prestigious shows and museums, and he consistently won top honors in national and international salon competitions. Beginning his career in 1923 with the Baltimore Sunday Sun, Bodine believed photography could be a creative discipline, studying art principles at the Maryland Institute College of Art and treating his camera and darkroom equipment as tools akin to a painter's brush or sculptor's chisel.

Bodine's craftsmanship involved extensive experimentation, including composing images in the camera viewfinder, manipulating negatives with dyes, intensifiers, pencil markings, and scraping, and adding clouds or other elements photographically to achieve desired moods and designs. His rationale was that, like a painter, he selected features from the model to suit his artistic sense, emphasizing that "he did not take a picture, he made a picture." For deeper insights, the full biography "A Legend In His Time" by Harold A. Williams, Bodine's editor and closest friend, is available on the website at https://www.aaubreybodine.com.

Over 6,000 photographs from Bodine's 47-year career are viewable and orderable as reprints and note cards at https://www.aaubreybodine.com, preserving his legacy for audiences and collectors. This announcement matters as it underscores the enduring impact of Bodine's work on photography and art, offering access to historically significant images that blend documentary realism with artistic innovation, enriching cultural heritage and inspiring contemporary photographers and historians.