Description
Imogen Cunningham was a photographer whose work spans more than 60 years. She was born in 1883 in Portland and attended the University of Washington from 1903 to 1907. Two years later, Cunningham opened a studio in Seattle and won national recognition for her portraits and pictorials. In 1914, her portraits were shown at the exhibition ""An International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography."" In 1934, Cunningham joined f/64, a group of photographers founded by Ansel Adams and William Van Dyke that focused on sharp-focused images. In this interview, she discusses her childhood in Seattle, study in Dresden, the Seattle Fine Arts Society, the Golden Gate International Exposition, and female photographers. This interview is part of a group of interviews documenting photographers of the twentieth century.