A photographic exhibition focused on the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway is on display at Old Town Hall in Wilmington.
The exhibit “Landscapes of the Delaware Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway” showcases the work of photographer Lynn Dilliplane as she traces the historic route in photos.
Dilliplane was given a camera at the age of five and never looked back. After attending Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, Dilliplane interned for the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Dilliplane took over 3000 photos of the First State portion of the byway. She says the advent of digital photography eases the capture process, but can prolong the editing.
"I just take a lot of photos right now since it’s a digital world and we can do that, we don’t have to worry about only twelve photos on a roll, but I still look at my work as if I’m shooting with a twelve-photo roll of film and make each one of them count.”
Wilmington’s Historic Preservation Planner Debra Martin says that the preservation of history, and especially this story, is important to the First State. Portions in Delaware were critical links in the Underground Railroad.
"The Bayshore Byway to the south and the Brandywine Valley National Scenic Byway to the north. That is a tremendous advantage to us to be connected that way, we’re almost like that middle bridge between two really great byways.”
“Landscapes of the Delaware Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway” is open to the public through the end of this month.
