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Steven Cuffie: Women
$ 25.00
Second edition published by New York Life Gallery, 2024.
First edition published on the occasion of Steven Cuffie: Women, at New York Life Gallery, October 20 - December 16, 2022.
Edition of 300
44 pages
Design by Ben Kelway Studio
© The Estate of Steven Cuffie
Steven Cuffie (1949, North Carolina – 2014, Baltimore, MD) was an American photographer who worked in Baltimore primarily in the 1970s. He began taking photos as a teenager, and after studying photography for three years at the University of Maryland, he dropped out to pursue his career. Cuffie connected with a small group of Baltimore-based photographers, exhibiting around the city and working on commission. His personal practice was rooted in portraiture, documenting children he encountered on the street and intimate images of women at home or in the studio. For the majority of his life, he was a photographer for the City of Baltimore, documenting public events, crime scenes, infrastructure damages—everything mundane and extraordinary required for public record. By the time Cuffie became a father in 1982, his practice had shifted away from portraits of women, though he continued taking pictures, processing film, and making prints throughout his life. In 2022, New York Life Gallery held a solo show of Cuffie's work, titled Women, the artist's first exhibition since the 1980s and outside of Baltimore.