Imogen Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon on April 12, 1883. At the age of 18 she bought her first camera, a 4x5 inch view camera, from the American School of Art. After that she lost intrest in photographing and sold the camera to a friend. But in 1906, while studing at the University of Washington in Seattle, that she was inspired by an encounter with the work of Gertrude Kaseb
eir to take up photography again. With the help of her Chemistry professor, she studied the chemistry behind photography. In 1915 and 1920 Cunningham continued her work, but she also had three children (Gryffd, Rondal, and Padraic) with Roi. In 1920 she moved from Seattle for San Francisco. While there Cunningham refined her style taking a greater intrest in pattern and detail.
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