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Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham. Imogen. Cunningham. By: Kayla Malahiazar. Kayla Malahiazar. Imogen Cunningham. Her History. Born April 12, 1883, Portland, Oregon, U.S. Began exploring photography in 1901.

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Imogen Cunningham

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  1. Imogen Cunningham Imogen Cunningham By: Kayla Malahiazar Kayla Malahiazar

  2. Imogen Cunningham Her History • Born April 12, 1883, Portland, Oregon, U.S. • Began exploring photography in 1901 • Won a foreign study scholarship; attended Technische Hochschule in Dresden, Germany from 1909 to 1910 • Married the etcher Roi Partridge in 1915

  3. Imogen Cunningham Her History (cont.) • Had three children • Moved to San Francisco in 1917 • Mid-thirties; Roi and Imogen divorced • At 91 she created the Imogen Cunningham Trust; protected her work • Overall her life was filled with hardships • Died June 24, 1976, San Francisco, California at the age of 93

  4. Imogen Cunningham Her Career • Student at the University of Washington; study photographic chemistry • Career began with a part time job in the Seattle studio of Edward S. Curtis • Worked for magazines, created a portrait studio, and worked as a teacher at the California School of Fine Arts • 1930’s worked for Vanity Fair; took portraits of celebrities • Joined the group f/64; founded by Ansel Adams and Willard Van Dyke

  5. My Opinion • Similar styles • Lighting • Attention to detail • Shape • Portrait work

  6. Influences • Gertrude Kasebier • Edward S. Curtis • Alfred Steglitz • Alvin Langdon Coburn • Ansel Adams • Edward Weston

  7. The Bath; 1952 • Mergers • Line • Perspective • Shadows

  8. On the Nickel Ferry, San Francisco; 1935 • Expression • Repetition • Line • Texture

  9. Magnolia Bud; 1920 • Delicate • Simplicity • Light

  10. Marian Van Tuyl 5; 1930's • Shadows • Line • Light

  11. John Butler with Mask 3; 1922 • Shadows • Light • Expression

  12. Bibliography • http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/imogen.htm • http://www.studiocleo.com/gallerie/cunningham/imogen.html  • http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/masters/masters/imogencunningham/imogencunningham.shtml • http://www.photoeye.com/Gallery/cunningham/nudes/bio.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_Cunningham • http://www.pbase.com/bw/imogen_cunningham&page=1  = good one • http://www.photoquotes.com/ShowQuotes.asp?ID=372&Name=Cunningham,_Imogen&Type=Q • http://www.oswaldgallery.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.135/.f • http://www.orsillo.com/articles/Cunningham.html • http://www.geh.org/fm/cunningham/htmlsrc/cunningham_sld00001.html • http://www.johnstevenson-gallery.com/cunningham_2005/cunningham_2005_tn.html • http://www.westongallery.com/artists/i_cunningham/imogen_cunningham.html • http://www.cs.washington.edu/building/art/ImogenCunningham/ • http://www.studiocleo.com/gallerie/cunningham/works.html • http://www.faygoldgallery.com/index.htm

  13. Imogen Cunningham “Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow.” -Imogen Cunningham (1883 -1976)

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