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Boy in Grass Valley
Creator
Imogen CunninghamAmerican Photographer · 1883–1976
All works by this person →Imogen Cunningham decided to become a photographer after seeing the photographs of Gertrude Käsebier. Cunningham grew up in the Pacific Northwest, worked for two years in Edward Curtis's studio, and later operated a successful photography studio in Seattle, Washington. In 1915 she married the painter Roi Partridge and moved to San Francisco. Cunningham's nude studies of Partridge in the northern C
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- 1950s
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 99c2ec45-ac1b-46dc-b220-048b61cc6a15
View of a young boy sitting on the sidewalk in front of an old brick building. He is crouched over looking down at the ground, his chin to his knees. Weeds grow along the base of the building, which features four pilasters at regular intervals across the front. Between each of the columns is a closed set of narrow bifold doors. The scene is awash in bright light from the late afternoon sun that casts long shadows on the ground.
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