Black Charlottesville: Holsinger Studio Portrait Exhibit Ends Soon #Juneteenth

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — The University of Virginia began an exhibition showcasing portraits by photographer Rufus Holsinger of African Americans in Central Virginia in September 2022. The exhibit is in the Main Gallery, Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia at 170 McCormick Road, Charlottesville. The exhibit ends June 24.

Last weekend, the Small Special Collections Library held an open house “family day” that also featured an outside portrait studio by Richmond photographer E.A. White demonstrating the production of tintype photographic images.

Photographs by Rufus Holsinger made in the early 1990s.

E.A. White’s camera on June 11, 2023 at UVA in Charlottesville.

Below: 📷 Richmond based photographer E.A. White processed actual tintype photos to demonstrate the process Holsinger used in the early 1900s.

E.A. White has a studio in Richmond.

Images from the Holsinger exhibit at the Main Gallery, Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.

Photographer Rufus Holsinger.

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