Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham, born in Portland, Oregon in 1883. Her father named Imogen after the heroine of Shakespeare's Cymbeline. Imogen grew up in Seattle, Washington and attended the University of Washington, majoring in chemistry. Her exhibitions in Seattle were often soft focus photographs of romantic tableaux she and her friends staged. She also did work in street photography, soft focus, sharp focus plant photographs, and polaroid film. She had her first one-person exhibition in 1914, it was held at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.



Works by Imogen:

Picture 1: I like the fact that the girls face is partially covered. It's adds an air of mystery and is very beautiful.

Picture 2: I like the ghostly feel of this picture. She seems to almost have an aura around her. It is truly a unique photo.