Imogen Cunningham
Cunningham was born in Portland, Orgen. When Cunningham was 18 (1901) She bought her first camera. She lost intrest for a while in photography, In 1906 she became back into intrest in photography because of Gertrude Käsebier Photo's. Cunningham took more intrest in taking photos of plants because of her study of chemistry. 1907 She worked with Edward S. Curtis in Seattle. This gaver her a opportunity to learn more about the portrait business. In 1910 her way back to Seattle Cunningham met Alvin Langdon Coburn, Alfred Stilgiltz and Gertrude Käsebier once again in New York. In Seattle Cunningham opend up her own portraiture and pictorial work shop. She became a full time photographer, In 1914 Cunningham's portraits were shown at “An International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography” in New York and a portfolio of her work was published in Wilson's Photographic Magazine. The next year she married Rio Partridge, He posed for nude photographers. Between the years 1915 and 1920 Cunningham continued her work and had three children with Roi. 1923 and 1925 Cunningham gain a whole lot more intrest in the magnolia flower. In 1934 Cunningham was invited to do some work in New York for Vanity Fair. Her husband wanted her to wait until he could travel with her but she refused and they later divorced. She continued her work with Vanity Fair until it stopped publication in 1936. Cunningham continued taking pictures untill she died at the age of 93. June 24, 1976.