Steven Cuffie: Women

Steven Cuffie (b. 1949, North Carolina - d. 2014, Baltimore, MD) was an American photographer who lived and worked in Baltimore. He began taking photographs as a teenager and studied at the University of Maryland before leaving to pursue his career, exhibiting locally and working on commission. His personal practice was rooted in portraiture, documenting children he encountered on the street and making intimate images of women at home or in the studio. For most of his life, he was employed by the City of Baltimore, photographing public events, crime scenes, and infrastructure for the public record. After his death in 2014, his family uncovered an extensive private archive including hundreds of portraits that had never been publicly shown. In 2022, New York Life Gallery presented Women, the first exhibition of Cuffie's work outside of Baltimore.