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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. 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)

  2. 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)

  3. 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)

  4. Pure Energy and Neurotic Man by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Pure Energy and Neurotic Man, 1940

    Gelatin silver print

    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)

  5. Madison Square, NY- Peace Meeting by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Madison Square, NY- Peace Meeting, 1940

    Gelatin silver print

    15.875 x 19.875 in (40.32 x 50.48 cm)

  6. Martha Graham - Letter To The World by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Martha Graham - Letter To The World, 1940

    Gelatin silver print

    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)

  7. Children Dancing by Lake by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Children Dancing by Lake, 1940

    Gelatin silver print

    15.875 x 19.875 in (40.32 x 50.48 cm)

  8. Martha Graham - Letter to the World by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Martha Graham - Letter to the World, 1940

    Gelatin silver print

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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.