Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon in 1883 with a very supportive father, who taught her how to read before going to school and paid for her art lessons.She studied chemistry in college and went to Germany to continue those studies and how to blend it with photography. She taught at the California School of Fine Arts in San Fransisco for a while, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree by the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland. as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship to print from her early negatives.She died on June 23, 1976.

 This man just kind of reminds me of my grandfather, but anyway, I like how there's a lot of headroom on him, and how he has a nice crisp shadow behind him. His face doesn't have much value though, and is mostly the same shade, but I like everything else, especially the contrast between positive and negative space.

I like how the eye moves down and left. Her hair is very pretty and the cookie waves contrast with her smooth skin at the top.

The choice to emphasize the flower by using a static black background was very interesting, especially because the flower itself has a lot going on, and there is nothing else at all to detract from it.