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Among the first women to pursue the art of photography, Imogen Cunningham came of age in Seattle.
Imogen cunningham self portrait
She graduated from the University of Washington in 1907, worked for Edward Curtis, studied in Germany, and opened her own Seattle studio. Over her 70-year career, she innovated in the art of nudes and double-exposures. Her marriage to etcher Roi Partridge began with a scandal when she photographed him nude on Mount Rainier.
The marriage ended when their three sons were teens and they had moved to San Francisco.
Imogen cunningham self-portrait on tree stump grass valley 1946
Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and other accolades, she pushed the boundaries of Modernism when she cofounded Group f/64 with Ansel Adams, Brett Weston, and others. She made portraits of many celebrities and became something of a celebrity herself, appearing on The Tonight Show in the same year she died at age 93.
In Port Angeles
In the fine art of photography, Cunningham was transgressive.
She pioneered nude studies, double exposures, detailed closeups and still lifes, an