The data I interacted with, \u2018cushman_metadata_1966_67.csv\u2019, consisted of a photo collection constructed from 1966 to 1967 by Charles Weever Cushman; \u2018cushman_metadata_1966_67.csv\u2019 is metadata from an art collection that connects over thirty years of photo documentation of the United States and some other countries. Cushman is an Indiana University alumnus referred to as an \u201camateur photographer\u201d by Bradley Cook, a writer for the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries. According to Cook, Cushman gifted his alma mater over \u201c14,500 Kodachrome color slides\u201d. Cushman\u2019s art consists of various locations; this aspect of the data sparked the utmost curiosity. Therefore, I created a visualization of the frequency of Cushman’s work in the States from 1966 to 1967. The research question I use to guide my work is: “In what state did Cushman photograph the most between 1966 and 1967?\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The data, \u201cCushman_66.67_data\u201d, is what I am projecting below; this data was created from the original metadata of Cushman\u2019s photography journey from 1966 to 1967. \u201cCushman_66.67_data\u201d consists of three renamed selected columns from the original data: \u201cState\u201d, \u201cArchive_Num\u201d, and \u201cYear\u201d; the code below follows this data cleanup. The condensed data of location and unique photo ID allowed me to explore where Cushman spent more time photographing during his one-year documentation of the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n