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© (1936), 2009 Imogen Cunningham Trust
My Father at Ninety
© (1936), 2009 Imogen Cunningham Trust

My Father at Ninety

Date1936
Maker Imogen Cunningham American, 1883-1976
Label TextAround 1901, Cunningham purchased her first camera-a fifteen-dollar 4 x 5 inch camera she ordered by mail. During that time her father, Isaac Burns Cunningham, built Imogen's first darkroom in a woodshed on their property in Seattle. In this much later portrait of her parent, Imogen frames a humble and respectful view of her aging father seated on the property where that original darkroom had been constructed.
Object number89.32
Photo Credit© (1936), 2009 Imogen Cunningham Trust
Exhibition HistoryTacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, The Innovative Photography of Imogen Cunningham fromt he Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Dec. 15, 1995-Mar. 24, 1996Published ReferencesLusford, Celina, Marisa C. Sanchez, et al. "Imogen Cunningham." Madrid: TF Editores and Fundacion MAPFRE, 2012, cat. no. 118, pg. 165
Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg
Dimensions9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (24.1 x 18.7 cm)
MediumGelatin silver print
© (1964), 2009 Imogen Cunningham Trust
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1915
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© (1910), 2009 Imogen Cunningham Trust
Imogen Cunningham
1910
Object number: 89.21
© (1923), 2009 Imogen Cunningham Trust
Imogen Cunningham
1923
Object number: 89.23
© (1923), 2009 Imogen Cunningham Trust
Imogen Cunningham
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© (before 1929), 2009 Imogen Cunningham Trust
Imogen Cunningham
before 1929
Object number: 89.26
© (1929), 2009 Imogen Cunningham Trust
Imogen Cunningham
1929
Object number: 89.27
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Imogen Cunningham
1931
Object number: 89.28
© (1934), 2009 Imogen Cunningham Trust
Imogen Cunningham
1934
Object number: 89.30