McCLINTOCK in the SMITHSONIAN

Robert’s Work Recently Added to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History’s Photographic Collection

Baltimore, Maryland (April 15, 2006)—Baltimore based artist and digital photographer Robert McClintock’s hybrid digital photo paintings were recently added to the The Photographic History Collection (PHC) at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, which is the first collection of photography at any U.S. museum. According to Smithsonian curators, McClintock’s work represents an aspect of digital photography not previously collected by the Smithsonian- that of a gallery owner/photographer making a living both as a commercial and fine art photographer.

Among the collection are over 200,000 images representing the work of over 4,000 photographers and 12,000 pieces of equipment and photographic apparatus. The PHC collects images and objects representing the art, science, and technology of the photographic process. Curators from the PCH selected four of McClintock’s Baltimore and Washington DC images. The museum has stepped up its collection of digital images, and the digital photo process after it was inundated with digital photographs from 9/11.

McClintock recently relocated his long established studio/gallery to an expanded waterfront location in historic Fells Point at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The artist is well known for his vibrant and captivating images of Baltimore’s historic monuments, landmarks, eclectic neighborhoods and well-loved bars of greater Baltimore represented in his popular collection, “Baltimore Seen”. McClintock’s art, created using a technique combining photography with digital painting, are highly recognizable and have been utilized by many Baltimore organizations and tourism office to repr