Imogene Cunningham

Imogene Cunningham was born April 12,1883 in Portland, OR. and died June 24,1976 in San Francisco, CA. She had one son, Ronald Partridge, and her husband, Rio Partridge. Known for her fantastic flower photography, At the age of 18 Imogene purchased her first camera, a 4x5 inch view camera. She soon lost interest in the camera and sold it to a friend. Imogene put her camera career on hold for about 5 years, not knowing it was soon going to be the biggest success of her life. She began to study photography and graduated in 1907.between 1932 and 1925 she really began to study the Magnolia Flower, These pictures became her most famous, and are still carried out to this day, here are some of my favorite;