1. Imogen Cunningham By: Kayla Malahiazar Imogen Cunningham Kayla Malahiazar

2. Her History  Born April 12, 1883, Portland, Oregon, U.S. Imogen Cunningham  Began exploring photography in 1901  Won a foreign study scholarship; attended Technische Hochschule in Dresden, Germany from 1909 to 1910  Married the etcher Roi Partridge in 1915

3.  Had three children Her History (cont.) Imogen Cunningham  Moved to San Francisco in 1917  Mid-thirties; Roi and Imogen divorced  At 91 she created the Imogen Cunningham Trust; protected her work  Overall her life was filled with hardships  Died June 24, 1976, San Francisco, California at the age of 93

4.  Student at the University of Washington; study photographic chemistry Her Career  Career began with a part time job in the Seattle studio of Edward S. Curtis  Worked for magazines, created a portrait studio, and worked as a teacher at the California School of Fine Arts  1930’s worked for Vanity Fair; took portraits of celebrities  Joined the group f/64; founded by Ansel Adams and Willard Van Dyke Imogen Cunningham

5. My Opinion  Portrait work  Lighting  Shape  Attention to detail  Similar styles

6. Influences  Gertrude Kasebier  Edward S. Curtis  Alfred Steglitz  Alvin Langdon Coburn  Edward Weston  Ansel Adams

7.  Mergers  Line  Shadows The Bath; 1952  Perspective

8.  Expression On the Nickel Ferry, San Francisco; 1935  Repetition  Line  Texture

9.  Delicate Magnolia Bud; 1920  Simplicity  Light

10.  Shadows  Line  Light Marian Van Tuyl 5; 1930's

11.  Shadows  Light  Expression John Butler with Mask 3; 1922

12. Bibliography  http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/imogen.htm  http://www.studiocleo.com/gallerie/cunningham/imogen.html  http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/masters/masters/imogencunningham/imogencunningham.shtml  http://www.photoeye.com/Gallery/cunningham/nudes/bio.html  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_Cunningham  http://www.pbase.com/bw/imogen_cunningham&page=1 = good one  http://www.photoquotes.com/ShowQuotes.asp?ID=372&Name=Cunningham,_Imogen&Type=Q  http://www.oswaldgallery.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.135/.f  http://www.orsillo.com/articles/Cunningham.html  http://www.geh.org/fm/cunningham/htmlsrc/cunningham_sld00001.html  http://www.johnstevenson-gallery.com/cunningham_2005/cunningham_2005_tn.html  http://www.westongallery.com/artists/i_cunningham/imogen_cunningham.html http://www.westongallery.com/artists/i_cunningham/imogen_cunningham.html  http://www.cs.washington.edu/building/art/ImogenCunningham/  http://www.studiocleo.com/gallerie/cunningham/works.html  http://www.faygoldgallery.com/index.htm http://www.faygoldgallery.com/index.htm

13. “Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow.” -Imogen Cunningham (1883 -1976) Imogen Cunningham