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Barbara Morgan

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1900–1992

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  1. Leaping In The Blender by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Leaping In The Blender, 1965

    Gelatin silver print

    19.875 x 15.75 in (50.48 x 40.01 cm)

  2. Wild-Bee-Honeycomb Skyscraper by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Wild-Bee-Honeycomb Skyscraper, 1973

    Gelatin silver print

    15.75 x 19.625 in (40.01 x 49.85 cm)

  3. Anna Sokolow - The Exile by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Anna Sokolow - The Exile, 1941

    Gelatin silver print

    15.75 x 19.875 in (40.01 x 50.48 cm)

  4. Amaryllis Seed Pod by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Amaryllis Seed Pod, 1943

    Gelatin silver print

    15.875 x 19.625 in (40.32 x 49.85 cm)

  5. Martha Graham, Lamentation (Double Image) by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Martha Graham, Lamentation (Double Image), 1935

    Silver gelatin print

  6. Valerie Bettis - Desperate Heart by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Valerie Bettis - Desperate Heart, 1944

    Gelatin silver print

    17.0625 x 13.875 in (43.34 x 35.24 cm)

  7. Martha Graham - Solo, Erick Hawkins, El Flagellante From El Penitente by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Martha Graham - Solo, Erick Hawkins, El Flagellante From El Penitente, 1940

    Gelatin silver print

    19.75 x 15.75 in (50.17 x 40.01 cm)

  8. Charles Weidman - On My Mother's Side by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Charles Weidman - On My Mother's Side, 1944

    Gelatin silver print

  9. Le Corbusier in New York by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Le Corbusier in New York, 1946

    Gelatin silver print

    12.25 x 13.5 in (31.12 x 34.29 cm)

Born in Buffalo, Kansas, and raised in Southern California, Barbara Morgan attended UCLA and taught design, woodcut, and painting there. After attending a performance by the fledgling Martha Graham Company, Morgan began to work on a book of photographs capturing Graham’s dancers. After this, she continued to photograph other modern dancers, capturing individual, fleeting moments and turning them timeless. Morgan is also remembered as a co-founder of Aperture magazine in 1951, one of the few publications at the time to nurture a dialogue among photographers and treat photography as a fine art. Her works are held in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, among others.