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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. City - Sound by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    City - Sound, 1972

    Gelatin silver print

    20 x 15.875 in (50.8 x 40.32 cm)

  2. Fossil in Formation by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Fossil in Formation, 1965

    Gelatin silver print

    15.875 x 19.875 in (40.32 x 50.48 cm)

  3. 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)

  4. Bernice Abbott With Cat by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Bernice Abbott With Cat, 1944

    Gelatin silver print

    17 x 12.5 in (43.18 x 31.75 cm)

  5. Lloyd's Head by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Lloyd's Head, 1944

    Gelatin silver print

    19.875 x 15.875 in (50.48 x 40.32 cm)

  6. Merce Cunningham - Totem Ancester by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Merce Cunningham - Totem Ancester, 1942

    Gelatin silver print

  7. Hearst Over The People by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Hearst Over The People, 1939

    Gelatin silver print

    15.75 x 19.875 in (40.01 x 50.48 cm)

  8. City Street by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    City Street, 1937

    Gelatin silver print

    15.75 x 19.625 in (40.01 x 49.85 cm)

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About the artist

Barbara Morgan

American

1900–1992

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.