Pictoralist, Photojournalist... Perfection

...is, without question, my favorite American photographer. The Baltimore Museum of Industry is presenting (through April 2007) an exhibition titled Bodine's Baltimore: A City at Work. If you haven't seen it yet, make tracks.

A. Aubrey Bodine's daughter, Jennifer B. Bodine, operates a Website with her husband, Richard Orban, that honors her father's work and offers reprints of some of his finest photographs. Bodine says that she's her father's greatest fan, and I'm right behind her.

One warning: Visiting aaubreybodine.com can be time consuming, and in a good way. Once you begin exploring the dozens of galleries, and over 4,000 images, you'll lose total track of time. So, take it slow and learn what made this Baltimore Sun photographer famous around the world.