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The Daily Universe A portrait of Anisha Adderly, one of the people interviewed and photographed for “The Black Stories Project” photography exhibit, is on display in the Harold B. Lee Library. (Madison Casagranda) Light emanates from their eyes. Emotion echoes in their words. They are members of the Black community in Utah, and their experiences come to life in the photography exhibit, “The Black Stories Project,” now on display on the fifth floor of the Harold B. Lee Library. The project features portrait photographs of 76 Black women, men and youth made using tintype, a photographic process that dates to the Civil War era. In tintype photography, a thin metal plate is coded with a chemical called collodion. The plate is then sensitized to light with silver nitrate and inserted into a non-digital, accordion-like camera called a field camera. The field camera is then exposed to light, embedding the image onto the plate. ....