Imogen Cunningham
Imogen was born in Portland, Oregon in 1883. She was the first child of six children. In 1990 her family moved to Seattle where her father opened a wood and coal business. She then attended the American School of Art and the University of Washington in Seattle. While at the American School of Art she bought her first camera. At first she was intrigued by the art of photography but soon after lost interest and sold the camera to her close friend. It wasn’t until she was at the University of Washington that she became inspired again and took up photography. She graduated in 1907.
Imogen was fascinated by nature. A large portion of her work is photographs of nature, particularly flowers. Her style of photography is very intimate. Her photographs of flowers are very close up. You can clearly see all of the details in her images. After a bit, she started to photograph humans more than nature. Her photos are very personal, most of the people posing are nude.
Imogen’s took photos to try to capture the personal sides of people. She posed people in vulnerable positions or with objects. Many of her photographs convey a feeling of sadness or emotion. She posed people in ways that highlighted certain parts of their body. I think her photographs show how beautiful the human body can be.
Her close up nature photography has been an influence to me. I really admire nature by itself and love to photograph it. Her photos show that some things in nature look amazing in black and white and I think I may edit some of my future nature photos to black and white. The way she poses people as well has been a big inspiration to me. She captures a very real moment with her photographs, almost as if she had written a story. I like the intimacy of her photography.
“Imogen Cunningham.” Her Life and Work, www.dptips-central.com/imogen-cunningham.html.
“Imogen Cunningham: Portrait of Imogen.” Lumiere RSS, lumieregallery.net/wp/247/imogen-cunningham/.
Imogen was born in Portland, Oregon in 1883. She was the first child of six children. In 1990 her family moved to Seattle where her father opened a wood and coal business. She then attended the American School of Art and the University of Washington in Seattle. While at the American School of Art she bought her first camera. At first she was intrigued by the art of photography but soon after lost interest and sold the camera to her close friend. It wasn’t until she was at the University of Washington that she became inspired again and took up photography. She graduated in 1907.
Imogen was fascinated by nature. A large portion of her work is photographs of nature, particularly flowers. Her style of photography is very intimate. Her photographs of flowers are very close up. You can clearly see all of the details in her images. After a bit, she started to photograph humans more than nature. Her photos are very personal, most of the people posing are nude.
Imogen’s took photos to try to capture the personal sides of people. She posed people in vulnerable positions or with objects. Many of her photographs convey a feeling of sadness or emotion. She posed people in ways that highlighted certain parts of their body. I think her photographs show how beautiful the human body can be.
Her close up nature photography has been an influence to me. I really admire nature by itself and love to photograph it. Her photos show that some things in nature look amazing in black and white and I think I may edit some of my future nature photos to black and white. The way she poses people as well has been a big inspiration to me. She captures a very real moment with her photographs, almost as if she had written a story. I like the intimacy of her photography.
“Imogen Cunningham.” Her Life and Work, www.dptips-central.com/imogen-cunningham.html.
“Imogen Cunningham: Portrait of Imogen.” Lumiere RSS, lumieregallery.net/wp/247/imogen-cunningham/.