Oral history interview with Imogen Cunningham
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 56 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewer
content: Kurabi, Louise Katzman, 1949-
label: Names
content: Group f.64
label: Names
content: Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984
label: Names
content: Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
label: Names
content: Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946
label: Names
content: Lange, Dorothea
label: Names
content: Partridge, Roi, 1888-1984
label: Names
content: Van Dyke, Willard
label: Names
content: Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
label: Names
content: White, Minor
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Photography, Artistic
label: Topic
content: Portrait photography
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women photographers
label: Topic
content: Women educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewer
content: Kurabi, Louise Katzman, 1949-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) was a photographer from San Francisco, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 36 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975 June 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cunnin75
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Imogen Cunningham conducted 1975 June 9, by Louise Katzman and Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in Cunningham's home. [Note: A photograph of Cunningham taken by Katzman at the time of the interview has been cataloged separately.]
label: Scope and Contents
content: Cunningham speaks of her training in Germany, working in Edward Curtis' studio, her childhood art classes, her husband Roi Partridge, the f.64 group, platinum prints, her early interest in photography, and the differences between West Coast and East Coast photographers. She discusses magazine photography, her work as a portrait photographer, collectors, and her professional and personal relationships with Ansel Adams, Maynard Dixon, Dorothea Lange, Willard Van Dyke, Edward Henry Weston, Minor White, and others.