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
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
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
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
1983
ph.983.46.22
Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, American, born 1991
I Look Like My Momma (Self Portrait 1980)
2019
2022.28.5