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Photographer Imogen Cunningham, was born 1883, in Portland, Oregon, and died 1976, San Francisco, California.

Magnolia Blossom, 1925

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The Dream (Veiled Woman) by Imogen Cunningham, 1910

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Cunningham is best known for her exquisite magnolias, sculptural nudes and evocative portraiture.

The Dream, 1910

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As well as her images of plants, flowers and commonly found objects.

Her and Her Shadow breast

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What I love best about her work is the way in which she highlights the sculptural simplicity of shape and form of her subjects.

Triangles -1928

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Cunningham explored her interest in photography at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Agave Design - Circa 1920s

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Her earliest prints were made in the tradition of Pictorialism style popular at the turn of the century.

Two Callas, Array

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“Pictorialism emphasizes beauty of subject matter, tonality, and composition rather than the documentation of reality.”

Magnolia Blossom
(Tower of Jewels)
1925

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After studying photography at the Technische Hochschule in Dresden, Germany, from 1909 to 1910,

Hens and Chickens - circa 1929

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In 1910, Cunningham opened a portrait studio in Seattle and began building her clientelle.

Martha Graham - 1931

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Her commercial portraiture was straightforward, but she continued to produce soft-focused allegorical prints.

Stan - 1929

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She married etcher Roi Partridge in 1915, and the couple moved to San Francisco in 1917.

Crown‑Zellerbach Building,
San Francisco
1960

I love the haunted quality of this image.

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By the early 1920s Cunningham began to change her style, creating close-up, sharply detailed studies of plant life and other natural forms.

Callla - 1925 (Exquisite 🤗)

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Her experiments with form allied her with other Modernist photographers at the time.

Jack in the pulpit - 1934 (Breathtaking🤗)

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In 1932 Cunningham joined the association of West Coast photographers known as Group f.64.

Magnolias

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Like other members of the group, she rejected the soft-focused sentimental subjects that were popular at the time.

Leaves - 1948

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Cunningham created her gorgeous studies of Calla lilies during this time.

Callas - 1927

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Amaryllis

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Magnolia Seed Pod

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Aspen Leaves

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Unknown title

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Nightshade Blossom

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Magnolia Pod (The detail of the filaments are exquisite)

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Imogen & Twinka at Yosemite -1974 by Judy Dater. Imogen Cunningham, encountering nude model Twinka Thiebaud behind a tree in Yosemite National Park

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The name of the group f.64 is taken from the smallest setting of a large-format camera aperture,

f.64 Group

Ansel Adams - The Moon and Half Dome - Yosemite National Forest

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Which allows for great depth of field and excellent resolution as the film is quite large (4 x 5).

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Ansel Adams - Vernal Falls -1948 Yosemite Narion Oaej

Group f/64 Manifesto (1932)

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The original 11 members of Group f.64 were Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, Willard Van Dyke,

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Ansel Adams - Aspen Trees, New Mexico - 1958

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Henry Swift, John Paul Edwards, Brett Weston, Consuelo Kanaga, Alma Lavenson, Sonya Noskowiak, and Preston Holder.

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Edward Weston - Dunes, Oceano

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Though members of the group represented a wide range of subject matter in their work,

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Edward Weston - Sand Dunes 1936

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They were united in their practice of using the camera to record life as it is, through unmanipulated “pure” documentation.

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Willard Van Dyke - Landscape

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Works associated with Group f.64 include Adams’s dramatic images of Yosemite National Park,

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Brett Weston - Untitled (Dunes and Mountains, White Sands, New Mexico), 1945

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Edward Weston’s close-up, high-detail photographs of fruits and vegetables and of sand dunes and nudes,

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John Paul Edwards
Scenic view of Lake Eola Park
(Appears to be infrared)

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And Cunningham’s studies of calla lilies.

John Paul Edwards - Germany

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Consuelo Kanaga, 1948 - portrait

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Consuelo Kanaga - Sunflower
(Note the level of detail)

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Alma Lavenson - Snow Blossoms, 1932.

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Sonya Noskowiak untitled landscape 1937

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Sonya Noskowiak, Sand Pattern, 1932.

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Preston Holder - portrait of Ansel Adams preparing a shot.

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f.64 Group

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f.64 Group

Imogen Cunningham Trust

imogencunningham.com

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If you like this, please check out

#PopArt, #GermanExpressionism, #PreRaphaelites, #Dadaism #Surrealism. #Bauhaus & #AshCanSchool #Fauvism #Futurism #Vorticism #Supremacism

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Also please check out:

#MaxfieldParrish #JohnSingerSargent
#DavidHockney #Kandinsky #StillLife #GustavKlimt

Please add your favorite f.64 group photograph.

Up next? Andrew Wyeth

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