Imogen cunningham

Imogen Cunningham Cunningham was an American photographer known for her botanical photography and industrial landscapes. In 1906, while studying at...

Imogen Cunningham’s close-up botanical photographs, taken during the 1920s and 30s, have been compared to Georgia O’Keeffe’s abstract flower paintings made around the same time, but the resemblance may have little to do with influence. Cunningham co-founded Group f/64 in San Francisco with Ansel Adams and Edward Weston as a West Coast answer to … Continue reading "Imogen Cunningham’s Sublime Close-Up Botanical Photos from the 1920s and 30s"

Cunningham’s friend, Clare Shephard, embodies the blowing of the wind by gracefully extending her arm through layers of transparent fabric. The platinum print, soft focus, and allegorical subject reveal the artist’s early interest in Pictorialism, a movement that sought to define photography as a fine art

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Imogen Cunningham. Glacial Lily. 1927. Gelatin silver print. 8 3/8 × 7 1/4

Imogen Cunningham • Veiled Woman, 1910-12

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Imogen Cunningham. Cala Leaves. 1932. Gelatin silver print. 9 9/16 × 7 9/16" (24.3 × 19.2 cm). Gift of Paul F. Walter. 206.1989. © 2024 Estate of Imogen Cunningham. Photography

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