Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham (April_12, 1883 - June_24, 1976) was one of the best-known American female photographers.

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April_12 - 1883 - June_24 - 1976 - American - Photographers

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She began taking pictures in 1901 after studying photographic chemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle. After study abroad, she opened a studio in Seattle in 1910. She was best known for her frank portraits of famous personalities, close-ups of flowers, and nudes. In the late 1920s she began her celebrated series of plant photographs. She was attracted to photography by the work of Gertrude Kasebier.

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Cunningham was one of the original members of the Group f/64.

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