1883-1976
...is my birthday inspiration
I recently celebrated my 40th birthday_ and most well wishes indicated that my life was just about to start... what a wonderful thought... making age not matter, makes me think of other individuals who "improve with age". Imogen Cunningham [IC] is one such person. I have always loved her photographs, but am also inspired by her spirit, as Cunningham continued to photograph and express her creative energies at the age of 90. I absolutely love the images of her below... I want to be like THAT!
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Little History: IC was one of the first FEMALE professional photographers and was part of the "f/64" group_ [Ansel Adams & Edward Weston]. The members of this group were dedicated to the honest and sharply defined images and named the group after the lens opening, f/64, which provided the ultimate in resolution and depth of field.
In her final years Cunningham began a project to photograph people in their nineties. A book, entitled After Ninety was published after her death n 1977. The book was a collection of photographic portraits of active individuals who were also 90 years old.
* watch a YouTube video where Imogen talks about her photographs.
* google images to see her photographs
* explore Master of Photographers website
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| 1981 Photographed by Judy Dater reckon.tumblr |
IMOGEN SAYS:
" I don't think there's such a thing as teaching photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent."
When asked which was her favourite photograph... she replied
" the one I am going to take tomorrow"!
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