I love dance and every aspect of it so I chose to do this blog on Barbara Morgan is who is best known for her work in dance.
*She was born in 1900 and passes away in 1992. *She did photographic studies of American Modern Dancers. Ex-Doris Humphrey, Erick Hawkins, Jose Limon, Merce Cunningham & Martha Graham
* She didn't just do photography, she also experimented in drawings, prints, watercolors and paintings.
* At the age of 35 she became a photographer. This allowed her more time to raise her kids.
* In 1929 Arthur Miller from the Los Angeles times stated that she has one of the finest sets of prints in the show
* She also painted, and continued to paint, feeling that photography was "useful only as a record"
*Every summer her and her husband Willard would load up their car and head out to the desert with their photography and painting equiptment.
*Barabara attended a show at the Martha Graham Dance Company. She was hooked on the movement. For 4 years she took photos of more then 40 dancers and choreographers. She produced a book project called Sixteen Dances of Photographs in 1941.
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