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"Imogen Cunningham"
Photographed by g. Paul Bishop, '62
No. 2
©2019 G. Paul Bishop, Jr.
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Imogen
Cunningham
1883 - 1976
Photographer
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I guess I first
met Imogen around 1940. Hers was one of the friendships I
treasured most. Feisty as she was, she was very lovable. This
was taken on her better behavior. I have a stack of others where
he mouth is open and she looks fierce. She was very
temperamental and had this habit of intimidating people,
particularly students, to get them to work as hard as she did. I
think Imogen is yet to be recognized for the great portraitist
she was. She's often remembered for a beautiful body of work on
irises, but her real rapport was with people. The wristwatch
here is of great significance. It was willed to her by
Edward Weston, who died in what
we would, in these days, call abject poverty. It was just a
crime considering what his pictures sell for today. He and Imogen always had a certain amount of playful bickering going
back and forth, but they were great friends. She was so proud of
the watch, and I wanted to somehow get it into the picture.
g. Paul Bishop
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