Imogen!: Imogen Cunningham, Photographs 1910-1973

by Henry Art Gallery / University of Washington, Margery Mann (Introduction)

Exhibition catalog from the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, 1974, with an overview of the work of Cunningham including portraiture (Brassai, Ansel Adams, Weston, et al), nudes, botanical studies and early work.

Genres: Photography, Art, Art and Photography, Nonfiction

112 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1974

Reviews

[Mir · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection provides a good overview of Cunningham's various periods and interests, including some rare early photographs (few survive because she broke most of the heavy plates rather than transport them when she moved).

I prefer her early, Pre-Raphaelite influenced images, but that's purely a matter of my taste, not that her photography was better at that point.

I also really liked the nudes of her husband. She mentions at one point that she got the effect by having him posed on a sheet of ice! Roi Partridge, you are a manly man and a good husband (even if you did get married two more times).

Cunningham knew most of the significant American photographers and artists of the 20th century, and I would have liked a little more on her interactions with them, but I guess that's a subject for further reading.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating work! I have never heard of her until the other day when I was browsing the local used bookstore here. I love her first name and when I flipped through the book, I couldn't believe that these images were from nearly 100 years ago!!