Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham was born in 1883 in Portland, Oregon. Her father named her after a character in one of Shakespeare's plays. He seemed to be a big supporter of the arts; as he encouraged her to read before she even began school and paid for her to go to art lessons every summer. She grew up in Seattle, Washington and attended the University of Washington. Her graduating thesis was titled "Modern Process of Photography".
After graduation, she worked in Edward S. Curtis' portrait studio. She later opened her own portrait studio in Seattle. After she had children, Imogen closed her studio and moved to California with her husband and children.
She continued to practice photography throughout her life and was eventually awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree by California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland. Imogen Cunningham died on June 23rd, 1976 when she was 93.
Here are some of her photographs! 

I really like how beautiful this picture is. It really captures what the art of ballet/dance is.
I really like this picture. The quality is so good, you can almost see every fiber of the flower! I think this is a really pretty photograph.
The detail in this picture is amazing. This photograph almost makes me speechless. The lighting is perfect and it has an awesome composition.



2 comments:

  1. The last photograph by Cunningham is so beautiful, it is such a challenge to take images as beautiful as this one. Every spring I take photographs of my magnolia tree, inspired by her work, and I have not been able to take any that is even close to the beauty of this one, but I will keep trying. I know it is impossible to exceed this, I just want to achieve equal.

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  2. Don't forget to do a post-assignment self assessment and post some of your images. I'm looking forward to seeing what you capture.

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