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Northwest Native

Imogen Cunningham; Imogen Cunningham Trust

Artwork Details

Northwest Native
1934; printed later
Imogen Cunningham; Imogen Cunningham Trust
gelatin silver print on paper
16 3/8 in x 13 1/4 in (41.6 cm x 33.7 cm);22 1/4 in x 18 3/16 in (56.52 cm x 46.2 cm);13 11/16 in x 10 11/16 in (34.7 cm x 27.1 cm)
Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
1983/1.287

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Description

Subject Matter:

Imogen Cunningham began photographing at age 18 after seeing Gertrude Käsebier’s work. Throughout her career, she photographed a diverse range of subjects, including nudes, botanical photographs, street photography, and freelance work for Vanity Fair. Around 1920, Cunningham relocated to San Francisco and began working on her botanical photographs, focusing on producing studies of the magnolia between 1923 and 1925. This photograph was taken after Cunningham co-founded f/64, and departs from her earlier abstract, formal work.

Physical Description:

A photograph of a man resting on two large fallen trees. He has a large moustache and wears a casual suit and a hat. 

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