Imogen Cunningham - Dance, Cornish School, 1935
Imogen Cunningham (April 12, 1883 – June 23, 1976) was an American photographer known for her botanical photography, nudes, and industrial landscapes.
Life and career
Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1883. In 1901, at the age of eighteen, Cunningham bought her first camera, a 4x5 inch view camera, from the American School of Art in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She soon lost interest and sold the camera to a friend. It wasn't until 1906, while studying at the University of Washington in Seattle, that she was inspired by an encounter with the work of Gertrude Käsebier, to take up photography again. With the help of her chemistry professor, Dr. Horace Byers, she began to study the chemistry behind photography and she subsidized her tuition by photographing plants for the botany department.
After graduating in 1907, Cunningham went to work for Edward S. Curtis in his Seattle studio, gaining knowledge about the portrait business and practical photography.
In 1909, Cunningham won a fellowship from her sorority (Pi Beta Phi) for foreign study and applied to study with Professor Robert Luther at the Technische Hochschule in Dresden, Germany. In Dresden she concentrated on her studies and didn't take many photographs. In May 1910 she finished her paper, "About the Direct Development of Platinum Paper for Brown Tones", describing her process to increase printing speed, improve clarity of highlights tones, and produce sepia tones. On her way back to Seattle she met Alvin Langdon Coburn in London, and Alfred Stieglitz and Gertrude Käsebier in New York.
In Seattle, Cunningham opened her studio and won acclaim for portraiture and pictorial work. Most of her studio work of this time consisted of sitters in their own homes, in her living room, or in the woods surrounding Cunningham's cottage. She became a sought after photographer and exhibited at the Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1913.
In 1914, Cunningham's portraits were shown at An International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography in New York. Wilson's Photographic Magazine published a portfolio of her work.
The next year, she married Roi Partridge, a teacher and artist. He posed for a series of nude photographs, which were shown by the Seattle Fine Arts Society. Although critically praised, Cunningham didn't revisit those photographs for another fifty-five years. Between 1915 and 1920, Cunningham continued her work and had three children (Gryffyd, Rondal, and Padraic) with Partridge. In 1920, they moved to San Francisco where Partridge taught at Mills College.
Cunningham refined her style, taking a greater interest in pattern and detail and becoming increasingly interested in botanical photography, especially flowers. Between 1923 and 1925 she carried out an in-depth study of the magnolia flower. Later in the decade she turned her attention toward industry, creating several series of industrial landscapes in Los Angeles and Oakland.
In 1929, Edward Weston nominated 10 of Cunningham's photographs (8 botanical, 1 industrial, and 1 nude) for inclusion in the "Film und Foto" exhibition and her renowned, Two Callas, debuted in that exhibition.
Cunningham once again changed direction, becoming more interested in the human form, particularly hands, and she was fascinated with the hands of artists and musicians. This interest led to her employment by Vanity Fair, photographing stars without make-up. In 1932, with this unsentimental, straightforward approach in mind, Cunningham became one of the co-founders of the Group f/64, which aimed to "define photography as an art form by a simple and direct presentation through purely photographic methods."
In 1934, Cunningham was invited to do some work in New York for Vanity Fair. Her husband wanted her to wait until he could travel with her, but she refused. They divorced that year. She continued with Vanity Fair until it stopped publication in 1936.
In the 1940s, Cunningham turned to documentary street photography, which she executed as a side project while supporting herself with her commercial and studio photography. In 1945, Cunningham was invited by Ansel Adams to accept a position as a faculty member for the art photography department at the California School of Fine Arts. Dorothea Lange and Minor White joined as well.[1]
She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1967.[2] In 1973, her work was exhibited at the Rencontres d'Arles festival in France through the group exhibition: Trois photographes américaines, Imogen Cunningham, Linda Connor, Judy Dater.
Judy Dater's 1974 photograph Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite depicts elderly Cunningham encountering nude model Twinka Thiebaud behind a tree in Yosemite National Park.
Cunningham continued to take photographs until shortly before her death at age ninety-three on June 23, 1976, in San Francisco, California.
Books
Imogen Cunningham: Portraiture, 1997 ISBN 0-8212-2437-9
Imogen Cunningham: On the Body, 1998 ISBN 0-8212-2438-7
Imogen Cunningham 1883–1976, 2001 ISBN 3-8228-7182-6
Imogen Cunningham: Flora, 2001 ISBN 0-8212-2731-9
Imogen Cunningham: Platinum / Palladium, 2012, 21st Editions
Imogen Cunningham: Symbolist, 2013, 21st Editions
Films
Portrait of Imogen
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_Cunningham
Life and career
Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1883. In 1901, at the age of eighteen, Cunningham bought her first camera, a 4x5 inch view camera, from the American School of Art in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She soon lost interest and sold the camera to a friend. It wasn't until 1906, while studying at the University of Washington in Seattle, that she was inspired by an encounter with the work of Gertrude Käsebier, to take up photography again. With the help of her chemistry professor, Dr. Horace Byers, she began to study the chemistry behind photography and she subsidized her tuition by photographing plants for the botany department.
After graduating in 1907, Cunningham went to work for Edward S. Curtis in his Seattle studio, gaining knowledge about the portrait business and practical photography.
In 1909, Cunningham won a fellowship from her sorority (Pi Beta Phi) for foreign study and applied to study with Professor Robert Luther at the Technische Hochschule in Dresden, Germany. In Dresden she concentrated on her studies and didn't take many photographs. In May 1910 she finished her paper, "About the Direct Development of Platinum Paper for Brown Tones", describing her process to increase printing speed, improve clarity of highlights tones, and produce sepia tones. On her way back to Seattle she met Alvin Langdon Coburn in London, and Alfred Stieglitz and Gertrude Käsebier in New York.
In Seattle, Cunningham opened her studio and won acclaim for portraiture and pictorial work. Most of her studio work of this time consisted of sitters in their own homes, in her living room, or in the woods surrounding Cunningham's cottage. She became a sought after photographer and exhibited at the Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1913.
In 1914, Cunningham's portraits were shown at An International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography in New York. Wilson's Photographic Magazine published a portfolio of her work.
The next year, she married Roi Partridge, a teacher and artist. He posed for a series of nude photographs, which were shown by the Seattle Fine Arts Society. Although critically praised, Cunningham didn't revisit those photographs for another fifty-five years. Between 1915 and 1920, Cunningham continued her work and had three children (Gryffyd, Rondal, and Padraic) with Partridge. In 1920, they moved to San Francisco where Partridge taught at Mills College.
Cunningham refined her style, taking a greater interest in pattern and detail and becoming increasingly interested in botanical photography, especially flowers. Between 1923 and 1925 she carried out an in-depth study of the magnolia flower. Later in the decade she turned her attention toward industry, creating several series of industrial landscapes in Los Angeles and Oakland.
In 1929, Edward Weston nominated 10 of Cunningham's photographs (8 botanical, 1 industrial, and 1 nude) for inclusion in the "Film und Foto" exhibition and her renowned, Two Callas, debuted in that exhibition.
Cunningham once again changed direction, becoming more interested in the human form, particularly hands, and she was fascinated with the hands of artists and musicians. This interest led to her employment by Vanity Fair, photographing stars without make-up. In 1932, with this unsentimental, straightforward approach in mind, Cunningham became one of the co-founders of the Group f/64, which aimed to "define photography as an art form by a simple and direct presentation through purely photographic methods."
In 1934, Cunningham was invited to do some work in New York for Vanity Fair. Her husband wanted her to wait until he could travel with her, but she refused. They divorced that year. She continued with Vanity Fair until it stopped publication in 1936.
In the 1940s, Cunningham turned to documentary street photography, which she executed as a side project while supporting herself with her commercial and studio photography. In 1945, Cunningham was invited by Ansel Adams to accept a position as a faculty member for the art photography department at the California School of Fine Arts. Dorothea Lange and Minor White joined as well.[1]
She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1967.[2] In 1973, her work was exhibited at the Rencontres d'Arles festival in France through the group exhibition: Trois photographes américaines, Imogen Cunningham, Linda Connor, Judy Dater.
Judy Dater's 1974 photograph Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite depicts elderly Cunningham encountering nude model Twinka Thiebaud behind a tree in Yosemite National Park.
Cunningham continued to take photographs until shortly before her death at age ninety-three on June 23, 1976, in San Francisco, California.
Books
Imogen Cunningham: Portraiture, 1997 ISBN 0-8212-2437-9
Imogen Cunningham: On the Body, 1998 ISBN 0-8212-2438-7
Imogen Cunningham 1883–1976, 2001 ISBN 3-8228-7182-6
Imogen Cunningham: Flora, 2001 ISBN 0-8212-2731-9
Imogen Cunningham: Platinum / Palladium, 2012, 21st Editions
Imogen Cunningham: Symbolist, 2013, 21st Editions
Films
Portrait of Imogen
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_Cunningham
Imogen Cunningham - José Limón, Dancer 2, 1939
Imogen Cunningham, fotógrafa nacida el 12 de abril de 1883 en Portland, Oregón y fallecida el 24 de junio de 1976 en San Francisco.
Comienza su trabajo en fotografía en el año 1901 como estudiante en la universidad de Washington de química fotográfica. Fue inspirada por la fotógrafa pictorialista conocida internacionalmente Gertrude Käsebier.
Durante sus años en la universidad trabajó en el estudio fotográfico de Edward Sheriff Curtis, donde aprendió la técnica de la platinotipia y a retocar negativos.
En 1909 recibe una beca para estudiar en la escuela superior de Dresde bajo la tutela de Robert Luther, donde realizó un estudio comparativo entre los distintos métodos de la platinotipia. Durante su estancia en Europa, visitó a Alvin Langdon Coburn y Alfred Stieglitz quienes nuevamente la inspiraron.
En 1910, tras su regreso en los Estados Unidos abre su propio estudio en Seattle y obtiene rápidamente reconocimiento por sus retratos y su trabajo pictorialista. Sus primeros retratos fueron encargos de personajes de la alta sociedad, lo que evidencia el prestigio que la artista se estaba forjando dentro de la comunidad local. Al mismo tiempo estableció sólidos lazos con el mundo artístico de la época y, bajo la influencia de Gertrude Käsebier, creó la mayoría de sus exquisitas imágenes de estilo pictorialista.
En 1917, tras casarse con el artista y grabador Roi Partridge, se traslada a California, donde nacen sus dos hijos. En estos años de maternidad, Cunningham no dejó de fotografiar su entorno más cercano al mismo tiempo que se mantenía al tanto de las nuevas tendencias del arte y la fotografía a través de revistas como Camera Work o Vanity Fair.
En 1932, junto a Ansel Adams, John Paul Edwards, Sonya Noskowiak, Henry Swift, Willard van Dyke y Edward Weston funda el grupo f/64.
Completar en:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_Cunningham
Comienza su trabajo en fotografía en el año 1901 como estudiante en la universidad de Washington de química fotográfica. Fue inspirada por la fotógrafa pictorialista conocida internacionalmente Gertrude Käsebier.
Durante sus años en la universidad trabajó en el estudio fotográfico de Edward Sheriff Curtis, donde aprendió la técnica de la platinotipia y a retocar negativos.
En 1909 recibe una beca para estudiar en la escuela superior de Dresde bajo la tutela de Robert Luther, donde realizó un estudio comparativo entre los distintos métodos de la platinotipia. Durante su estancia en Europa, visitó a Alvin Langdon Coburn y Alfred Stieglitz quienes nuevamente la inspiraron.
En 1910, tras su regreso en los Estados Unidos abre su propio estudio en Seattle y obtiene rápidamente reconocimiento por sus retratos y su trabajo pictorialista. Sus primeros retratos fueron encargos de personajes de la alta sociedad, lo que evidencia el prestigio que la artista se estaba forjando dentro de la comunidad local. Al mismo tiempo estableció sólidos lazos con el mundo artístico de la época y, bajo la influencia de Gertrude Käsebier, creó la mayoría de sus exquisitas imágenes de estilo pictorialista.
En 1917, tras casarse con el artista y grabador Roi Partridge, se traslada a California, donde nacen sus dos hijos. En estos años de maternidad, Cunningham no dejó de fotografiar su entorno más cercano al mismo tiempo que se mantenía al tanto de las nuevas tendencias del arte y la fotografía a través de revistas como Camera Work o Vanity Fair.
En 1932, junto a Ansel Adams, John Paul Edwards, Sonya Noskowiak, Henry Swift, Willard van Dyke y Edward Weston funda el grupo f/64.
Completar en:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_Cunningham
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