Wikipedia entry
Introduction
Barbara Morgan (July 8, 1900 – August 17, 1992) was an American photographer best known for her depictions of modern dancers. She was a co-founder of the photography magazine Aperture. Morgan is known in the visual art and dance worlds for her penetrating studies of American modern dancers Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Erick Hawkins, José Limón, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and others. Morgan's drawings, prints, watercolors and paintings were exhibited widely in California in the 1920s, and in New York and Philadelphia in the 1930s.
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Introduction
American interior designer.
Nationality
American
Gender
Female
Roles
Artist, Author, Writer, Designer, Interior Designer, Painter, Photographer
Names
Barbara Morgan, Barbara Brooks Johnson Morgan, Barbara née Brooks Johnson, Barbara Brooks Morgan
Ulan
500023840
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Works

20 works online

Exhibitions

Publications

  • Our Selves: Photographs by Women Artists Exhibition catalogue, Hardcover, 152 pages
  • Photography at MoMA: 1920 to 1960 Hardcover, 416 pages
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