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ICONS – Imogen Cunningham: Clarity vs Spirit
Imogen Cunningham created some of the clearest images photography has ever seen, dissecting botanicals and people into their most discrete parts. She has a grasp and focus on clarity that’s hardly been replicated over a century later, something that was trained over a primarily scientific education. Yet a large portion of her earlier work seems to completely contradict this sentiment, instead being focused on capturing a dreamlike quality defined by its blurred edges. How does one move so far from the artistic to the almost scientific, and what made Cunningham so good at both?