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Creator:
Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976  Search this
Mann, Margery, 1919-1977  Search this
Subject:
Cunningham, Imogen  Search this
Group f.64  Search this
Type:
Sound Recording
Date:
1960-1973
Place of publication, production, or execution:
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description:
3 sound tape reels : analog ; 3 in. ; 5 hr., 18 min., 1 sec.
Summary:
Cunningham, interviewed by Mann, speaks of the sale and exhibition of her prints; being a "darkroom slave"; portrait photography; photographs as documents; the "soft-focus era"; teaching; and the f/64 Group. <br>Cunningham comments on 104 of her photographs, including her portraits of Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather, Martha Graham, Cary Grant, Alfred Stieglitz, Upton Sinclair, Adedee Ozenfant, Frida Kahlo, Getrude Stein, Shen Yao, Lyonel Feininger, Morris Graves, Anna Freud, and Minor White. She recalls Diane Arbus, Arthur Fellig, Paul Strand, and others. <br>Reel 3 is a fairly poor, noisy recording.
Citation:
Imogen Cunningham and Margery Mann. Interview with Imogen Cunningham, 1960-1973. Margery Mann files on photography, 1955-1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Use Note:
Current copyright status is undetermined
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Topic:
Portrait photography  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)14694
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Margery Mann files on photography, 1955-1978
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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