[213x300] Imogen Cunningham was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She began her photographic studies at the University of Washington and went on to become one of photography's early pioneers and commenced what became one of the longest photographic careers in the history of the medium.
In the 1920's, Cunningham turned her attention to artistic nudes of friends and family and the study of plant forms found in her garden. The results are staggering; an amazing body of work comprised of bold, contemporary forms.
Hands and Aloe Plicatilis, 1960
Taiwan Leaves 2, 1963
The Dream, 1910
Clown, Barnes Circus, 1950
Blossom of Water Hyacinth 2, late 1920s
Agave Design 1, 1920s
Flowering Cactus, about 1930
Hanya Holm, 1936
Martha Graham 2, 1931
Stan, 1959
Stairway in the Old Art Building, Mills College, 1920
The Poet and His Alter Ego, 1962
Three Dancers, Mills College, 1929
Two Girls in Shadows, 1944
Two Sisters 2, 1928