Two Callas (detail), 1925-1929, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. The Art Institute of Chicago, Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy, 1988.157.24. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust Two Callas (detail), 1925-1929, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. The Art Institute of Chicago, Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy, 1988.157.24. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

In a career that spanned seventy years, Imogen Cunningham created a large and diverse body of work — from portraits, to nudes, to florals, and to street photographs. In a field dominated by men, she was one of a handful of women who helped to shape early modernist photography in America. This exhibition seeks to acknowledge her stature as equivalent to that of her male peers and to reevaluate her enormous contribution to twentieth century photographic history.

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Jordan Schnitzer Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation

SELECTED WORKS

Roi Partridge, Etcher, 1915, Imogen Cunningham. Platinum print. Getty Museum. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

Roi Partridge, Etcher, 1915, Imogen Cunningham. Platinum print. Getty Museum. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

 Two Callas, 1925-1929, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. The Art Institute of Chicago, Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy, 1988.157.24. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

Two Callas, 1925-1929, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. The Art Institute of Chicago, Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy, 1988.157.24. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

 Flax, 1926, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

Flax, 1926, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

 Martha Graham, Dancer, 1931, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

Martha Graham, Dancer, 1931, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

 The Unmade Bed, 1957, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

The Unmade Bed, 1957, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

 Stan, San Francisco, 1959, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Collection of The Imogen Cunningham Trust. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

Stan, San Francisco, 1959, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Collection of The Imogen Cunningham Trust. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

 Aiko's Hands, 1971, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

Aiko's Hands, 1971, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

 Another Arm, 1973, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Collection of The Imogen Cunningham Trust. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

Another Arm, 1973, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Collection of The Imogen Cunningham Trust. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Martha Graham, Dancer, 1931, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
The Unmade Bed, 1957, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Stan, San Francisco, 1959, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Collection of The Imogen Cunningham Trust. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Aiko's Hands, 1971, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Another Arm, 1973, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Collection of The Imogen Cunningham Trust. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Roi Partridge, Etcher, 1915, Imogen Cunningham. Platinum print. Getty Museum. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Two Callas, 1925-1929, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. The Art Institute of Chicago, Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy, 1988.157.24. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Flax, 1926, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Martha Graham, Dancer, 1931, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
The Unmade Bed, 1957, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Stan, San Francisco, 1959, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Collection of The Imogen Cunningham Trust. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Aiko's Hands, 1971, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Another Arm, 1973, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Collection of The Imogen Cunningham Trust. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Roi Partridge, Etcher, 1915, Imogen Cunningham. Platinum print. Getty Museum. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Two Callas, 1925-1929, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. The Art Institute of Chicago, Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy, 1988.157.24. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Flax, 1926, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
Martha Graham, Dancer, 1931, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
The Unmade Bed, 1957, Imogen Cunningham. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust
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Roi Partridge, Etcher, 1915, Imogen Cunningham. Platinum print. Getty Museum. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust

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