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Imogen Cunningham Actor
- Gender: Female
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Apr 12, 1883
- Died: Jun 24, 1976
Imogen Cunningham (April 12, 1883 - June 24, 1976) was an American photographer known for her botanical photography, nudes, and industrial landscapes.
Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon in 1883. In 1901, at the age of eighteen, Cunningham bought her first camera, a 4x5 inch view camera, from the American School of Art in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She soon lost interest and sold the camera to a friend. It wasn’t until 1906, while studying at the University of Washington in Seattle, that she was inspired by an encounter with the work of Gertrude Käsebier, to take up photography again. With the help of her chemistry professor, Dr. Horace Byers, she began to study the chemistry behind photography and she subsidized her tuition by photographing plants for the botany department.
After being graduated in 1907 Cunningham went to work for Edward S. Curtis in his Seattle studio, gaining knowledge about the portrait business and practical photography.