This title collects the best of photographer Imogen Cunningham's work. Spanning all the genres used in her work, the book presents the images which marked Cunningham as one of the early pioneers of the photographic medium from her 1920's plant images to her speciality, portraiture.
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Richard Lorenz has written extensively on Imogen Cunningham's work since 1983, when he began his association with the Imogen Cunningham Trust, where he is currently one of its three trustees. Lorenz has curated numerous museum and gallery exhibitions of Cunningham's photographs in the United States, Europe and Asia.
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The Wonders of Imogen Cunningham,
By Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Imogen Cunningham 1883 - 1976 (Hardcover)
In preparation of a major exhibition of the works of Imogen Cunningham, the folowing has been said: 'Imogen Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon, on April 12, 1883. One of her first photographs was a 1906 nude self-portrait, taken on an isolated spot on the UW campus with a 4"x5" mail-order camera. Cunningham established her own studio in 1910, becoming one of the very first professional woman photographers. She encouraged other women to join her, publishing an article in 1913 titled "Photography as a Profession for Women". On February 11, 1915, Cunningham married Roi Partridge, an artist himself and an artistic collaboration between them flourished. Together, they enjoyed exploring the local nature terrain and especially that of Mount Rainier, where she engaged him as a model in an extended series of the nude in the wilderness. The publication of these images created a local scandal and invited so much ridicule that Cunningham retired the negatives for more that fifty years. Imogen Cunningham continued to take pictures until shortly before her death at age 93 on June 24, 1976 in San Francisco.
Imogen Cunningham, Vintage and Signed Photographs are becoming a much sought after body of work by this genius of the camera. This monograph features rare photographs Cunningham shot and printed herself at the time of their conception, spans her enduring and miraculous seven-decade career, resulting in some of the most outstanding contributions to fine art photography. Even though her first love was portraiture, Imogen Cunningham is most known for her stunning close-ups of flowers and her uncensored celebration of the human form. A sensualist, Cunningham pushed boundaries, both as an artist and a woman. No stranger to the scandal her images evoked, she constantly defied limits. Though there are many published portfolios of her work, this book remains one of the most eloquent collections of reproductions of her work. Richard Lorenz and Manfred Heiting offer insights into the work and the artist's amazing life. Grady Harp, November 11
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At the turn of the millennium, a retrospective view of the past century's photographic history clearly manifests the oeuvre of Imogen Cunningham to be the prime opus by a woman photographer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Imogen Cunningham, San Francisco, New York, Vanity Fair, Lisette Model, Martha Graham, Smithsonian Institution, Minor White, Margrethe Mather, Mills College, Franz Roh, Los Angeles, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Dorothea Lange, John Butler, Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work, Edward Steichen, Miss Cunningham, Roi Partridge, George Eastman House, Johan Hagemeyer, Mount Rainier, Richard Lorenz, University of Washington New!
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At the turn of the millennium, a retrospective view of the past century's photographic history clearly manifests the oeuvre of Imogen Cunningham to be the prime opus by a woman photographer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
exposition individuelle, chambre noire Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Imogen Cunningham, San Francisco, New York, Vanity Fair, Lisette Model, Martha Graham, Smithsonian Institution, Minor White, Margrethe Mather, Mills College, Franz Roh, Los Angeles, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Dorothea Lange, John Butler, Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work, Edward Steichen, Miss Cunningham, Roi Partridge, George Eastman House, Johan Hagemeyer, Mount Rainier, Richard Lorenz, University of Washington New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- After Ninety by Imogen Cunningham on 4 pages
- Lisette Model by Ann Thomas on 4 pages
- Washington Square (Signet Classics) by Henry James on page 26, page 99, and page 172
- Adam and Eve (Lion Story Bible) by Penny Frank on page 17, and page 90
- Imogen Cunningham: Portraiture by Richard Lorenz in Back Matter
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