Select Bibiography Edited by Richard Lorenz
This bibliography, compiled by Richard Lorenz, lists important works published by or about Imogen Cunningham.
Writings by Imogen Cunningham
"Modern Processes of Photography." Thesis, University of Washington, 1907.
"Über Selbstherstellung von Platinpapieren für braune Töne." Photographische Rundschau und Photographisches Centralblatt (Halle, Germany) 24, no. 9 (1910), pp. 101-105.
"Photography as a Profession for Women." The Arrow (Pi Beta Phi) 29, no. 2 (Jan. 1913), pp. 203-209.
"Is It Art?" in "What Some Folks Think about Art, A Symposium of Ideas by Seattle Artists Who Speak with Authority." The Town Crier (Seattle) 10, no. 14 (April 3, 1915), p. 7.
"Imogen Cunningham" (statement). In John Paul Edwards, "Group f.64." Camera Craft (San Francisco) 42,
no. 3 (March 1935), p 113.
"Sometimes I Wonder." Spectator [Junior League of San Francisco], February, 1952, pp. 6-7.III.Monographs and Exhibition Catalogues
Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds: Film und Foto. Stuttgart, 1929.
"'Impressions in Silver' by Imogene [sic] Cunningham." Los Angeles Museum Art News, April 1932.
A Pageant of Photography. San Francisco: Golden Gate International Exposition, 1940.
Photography at Mid-Century: 10th Anniversary Exhibition. Rochester, N. Y.: George Eastman House, 1959.
Craven, George. The Group f/64 Controversy: An Introduction to the Henry F. Swift Memorial Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Art. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1963.
Doty, Robert M., ed. Photography in America, 1850-1965. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1965.
Six Photographers 1965: An Exhibition of Contemporary Photography. Urbana,Ill.: College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1965.
Imogen Cunningham, Photographs 1921-1967. Foreword by Beaumont Newhall. Stanford, Calif: Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford University, 1967.
Lyons, Nathan. Photography in the Twentieth Century. New York: Horizon Press and George Eastman House, 1967.
Women, Cameras, and Images I: Imogen Cunningham. Washington, D. C.: Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1968.
Photo Eye of the '20s. Introduction by Beaumont Newhall. Rochester, N. Y.: George Eastman House and the Museum of Modern Art, 1971.
Group f/64. Albuquereque, N. M.: Fine Arts Center, University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1972.
Imogen Cunningham: Recent Photographs. San Francisco: Art Commission "Capricorn Asunder" Gallery, 1973.
Massar, Phyllis Dearborn. Photographs by Imogen Cunningham. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973.
Doty, Robert, ed. Photography in America. Introduction by Minor White. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art and Random House, 1974.
Imogen Cunningham: Photographs 1910-1973. San Francisco: Chevron Gallery, 1975.
Imogen! Imogen Cunningham, Photographs 1910-1973. Los Angeles: Occidental Center Gallery, 1975.
Women of Photography: An Historical Survey. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1975.
American Photography: Past into Present. Prints from the Monsen Collection of American Photography. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1976.
Campbell, Sara, ed. The Blue Four: Galka Scheyer Collection. Pasadena, Calif: Norton Simon Museum of Art, 1976.
Travis, David. Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection, Starting with Atget. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1976.
Brown, Milton. The Modern Spirit: American Painting 1908-1935. Arts Council of Great Britain. Edinburgh:
Royal Scottish Academy; London: Hayward Gallery, 1977.
Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection. New York: The Witkin Gallery, 1977.
Tucker, Jean S., ed. Group f.64. St. Louis: University of Missouri - St. Louis, 1978.
Photography Rediscovered: American Photographs, 1900-1930. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1979.
Haenlein, Carl. 1920 Amerika Fotografie 1940: Zwischen Hollywood und Harlem. Hannover, Germany: Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1980.
Southern California Photography 1900-65, An Historical Survey. Los Angeles: The Photography Museum, 1980.
West-Coast Pictorialism: Etchings and Photographs by Roi Partridge and Imogen Cunningham. Laguna Beach, Calif: Laguna Beach Museum of Art, 1980.
American Photographers and the National Parks: A Catalog of the Exhibition. Washington, D. C.: National Park Foundation, 1981.
A Show of Hands: Photographs from the Keoshian Collection. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1981.
Travis, David. Photography in Chicago Collections. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.
Tsujimoto, Karen. Images of America: Precisionist Painting and Modern Photography. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1982.
The Photography of Imogen Cunningham: A Centennial Selection. New York: American Federation of the Arts, 1983.
Ackley, Clifford S. Photographic Viewpoints: Selections from the Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1984.
Imogen Cunningham. Santa Cruz, Calif.: Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, 1984.
A Personal View: Photography in the Collection of Paul F. Walter. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1985.
Billeter, Erika, ed. Self-portrait in the Age of Photography: Photographers Reflecting their Own Image. Bern: Benteli Verlag, 1985.
Modernist Masterworks to 1925. From "the deLIGHTed eye," a Private Collection. New York: International Center of Photography, 1985.
Signs of the Times, Some Recurring Motifs in Twentieth-Century Photography. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1985.
Coke, Van Deren, and Diana C. du Pont. Photography: A Facet of Modernism. New York: Hudson Hills Press and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1986.
Lingwood, James, ed. Staging the Self: Self-portrait Photography 1840s-1980s. London: National Portrait Gallery, 1986.
Botanica: Photographies de végétaux aux XIXe et XXe siècles. Paris: Centre National de la Photographie, 1987.
Garner, Gretchen. Reclaiming Paradise, American Women Photograph the Land. Duluth, Minn.: Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1987.
La danza moderna di Martha Graham. Reggio Emilia, Italy: Teatro Municipale Valli, 1987.
Lorenz, Richard. Imogen Cunningham, Frontiers: Photographs 1906-1976. Berkeley, Calif.: The Imogen Cunningham Trust and United States Information Agency, 1987.
Of People and Places: The Floyd and Josephine Segel Collection of Photography. Milwaukee, Wis.: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1987.
Weiermair, Peter. Il nudo maschile nella fotografia del XIX e del XX sec.. Ravenna, Italy: Edizioni Essegi and Pinacoteca Communale, 1987.
After the Manner of Women: Photographs by Käsebier, Cunningham, and Ulmann. Malibu, Calif.: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1988.
Foster, Alasdair, with Roberta McGrath. Behold the Man: The Male Nude in Photography. Edinburgh, Scotland: Stills Gallery, 1988.
Lorenz, Richard. Imogen Cunningham, Fronteras: Fotografías 1906-1976. Madrid: Círculo de Bellas Artes, 1988.
Parallels and Contrasts: Photographs from the Stephen White Collection. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Stephen White Editions, 1988.
Vintage Photographs by Women of the '20s and '30s. Chicago: Edwynn Houk Gallery, 1988.
American Photographers: Loan Exhibition from The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Shibuya: Shoto Museum of Art, 1988.
Focus: Photographs from the Collection of Helen Johnston. Santa Clara, Calif.: de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, 1989.
Greenough, Sarah, Joel Snyder, David Travis, and Colin Westerbeck. On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography. Washington, D. C.: National Gallery of Art, 1989.
Hambourg, Maria Morris, and Christopher Phillips. The New Vision: Photography Between the World Wars. Ford Motor Company Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, 1989.
Heyman, Therese Thau. Picturing California: A Century of Photographic Genius. San Francisco: Chronicle Books and Oakland Museum, 1989.
Lorenz, Richard. Imogen Cunningham, Grenzen: Fotografien 1906-1976. Berlin: Zentrum für Kunstausstellungen der DDR, 1989.
The Eclectic Spirit: Imogen Cunningham. Glasgow: Glasgow Museum, Kelvingrove, 1990.
Heyman, Therese Thau, ed. Seeing Straight: The f.64 Revolution in Photography. Oakland, Calif.: Oakland Museum, 1992.
Watkins to Weston: 101 Years of California Photography 1849-1950. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Santa Barbara Museum of Art and Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1992.
"Planter og Blomster: Plants and Flowers." Katalog: Kvartalstidsskrift for Fotografi. March 1994, p. 29.Interviews
Lenz, Herm. "Interview with Three Greats: Lange, Adams, Cunningham." U. S. Camera 18 (Aug. 1955), pp. 84-87.
Daniel, Edna Tartaul. "Imogen Cunningham: Portraits, Ideas, and Design" (transcript of 1959 interview). Berkeley, Calif.: Regional Cultural History Project, General Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1961.
Diamondstein, Barbaralee. Open Secrets: Ninety-four Women in Touch with Our Time. New York: Viking Press, 1972. Pp. 79-84.
Jacobs, Mimi. "Imogen." Pacific Sun, Aug. 23-29, 1973, pp. 9-10.
Hill, Paul, Thomas Cooper, Diane Wiseman, and Judy Dater. "Homage to Imogen." Camera 54, no. 10 (Oct. 1975), pp. 5-44.
Leeson, George. "An Exclusive Interview with Imogen Cunningham." Second Spring, (Aug. - Sept. 1975).
Conrad III, Barnaby. "Photography: An Interview." Art in America 65 (May 1977), pp. 42-45.
Danziger, James, and Barnaby Conrad III. Interviews with Master Photographers. New York: Paddington Press, 1977. pp. 38-54.
Hill, Paul, and Thomas Cooper. Dialogue with Photography. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Pp. 293-311.Articles
"Camera at Work." Life, September 1994, p. 30.
Halderman, E. Isabelle. "Successful Seattle Business Woman: Miss Imogene [sic] Cunningham." Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, (date unknown, 1913), p. 2.
Lee, Alan W. S. "Imogen Cunningham and Her Work." The Arrow (Pi Beta Phi) 29, no. 2 (Jan. 1913),
pp. 199-202.
Raftery, John H. "An Artist of the Camera: A Brief Account of the Work of Imogen Cunningham of Seattle." Seattle Post-Intelligencer Magazine, May 11, 1913, p. 6.
Ross, Helen. "Coming to the Front, No. 10: Imogen Cunningham." The Town Crier (Seattle) 8, no. 15
(April 12, 1913), p. 5.
Maschmedt, Flora Huntley. "Imogen Cunningham - An Appreciation." Wilson's Photographic Magazine 51,
no. 3 (March 1914), pp. 96ff.
Ballard, Adele M. "Seattle Artists and Their Work." The Town Crier 9, no. 51 (Dec. 19, 1914), pp. 23-31.
_____. "With the Fine Art Folk" (review). The Town Crier 10, no. 45 (Nov. 6, 1915), p. 13.
_____. "Some Seattle Artists and Their Work." The Town Crier 10, no. 51 (Dec. 18, 1915), pp. 25-36.
_____. "Imogen Cunningham Partridge, An Appreciation." The Town Crier 11, no. 1 (Jan. 1, 1916), p. 13.
_____. "Some Seattle Artists and Their Work." The Town Crier 11, no. 51 (Dec. 16, 1916), pp. 26-37.
Cravens, Junius. "Art in Photography" (review). The Argonaut, Oct. 12, 1929, p. 16.
Lehre, Florence. "Artists and Their Work" (review). Oakland Tribune, Oct. 27, 1929, p. S-7.
Weston, Edward. "Imogen Cunningham, Photographer." The Carmelite, April 17, 1930, p. 7.
Cravens, Junius. "The Art World" (review). The Argonaut, Dec. 25, 1931, p. 8.
Adams, Ansel E. "Photography" (review). The Fortnightly 1, no. 12 (Feb. 12, 1932), p. 26.
Cravens, Junius. "The Art World: Hands Up!" (review). The Argonaut, June 10, 1932, p. 14.
_____. "The Art World: Sharp Focus" (review). The Argonaut, Dec. 2, 1932, p. 18.
"Camera Art" (review). The Piedmonter 18, no. 4 (Jan. 27, 1933), p. 1.
"The Intellectual Climate of San Francisco." Harper's Bazaar, no. 2822 (Feb. 1947), pp. 220-23.
Berding, Christina. "Imogen Cunningham and the Straight Approach." Modern Photography 15, no. 5
(May 1951), pp. 36ff.
Frankenstein, Alfred. "The Local Art Galleries" (review). San Francisco Chronicle, (May 6, 1951), pp. 21, 30.
Deschin, Jacob. "Portraits of View: From the Human Angle." (review). New York Times, May 13, 1956.
Hart, John Barkley. Review. Village Voice, June 6, 1956.
Baker, George. "Photography: The Cunningham Magic on Display" (review). San Francisco Chronicle,
Nov. 17, 1957.
White, Minor. "An Experiment in 'Reading' Photographs: A Consolidation of Readings by Students at the Rochester Institute of Technology." Aperture 5 (1957), pp. 51ff.
Review. Aperture 7, no. 3 (1959), pp. 128-130.
Hall, Norman. "Imogen Cunningham: Sixty Years in Photography." Photography (London) 15 (May 1960),
pp. 20-25.
Latour, Ira. "West Coast Photography: Does It Really Exist?" Photography (London) 15 (May 1960), pp. 26-45.
Seidkin, Phyllis. "Remarkable Imogen Cunningham." San Francisco Examiner, People, The California Weekly, Sunday, July 5, 1964, pp. 8-10.
M[anning], H[arvey]. "Imogen Cunningham - Photographer." Alumnus (University of Washington Alumni Association) 55, no. 3 (Spring 1965), pp. 28-33.
Mann, Margery. "Imogen Cunningham." Infinity 40, no. 11 (Nov. 1966), pp. 4ff.
Adams, Gerald. "85 And Where It's At." San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle, California Living,
March 23, 1969, pp. 6-8.
Borden, Elizabeth. "Imogen Cunningham." U. S. Camera World Annual 1970, (1969), pp. 60ff.
"A Collection of Photographs." Aperture 14, no. 2 (Fall 1969)."Famed Photographer, Octogenarian, Has Poetic Approach with Camera." The Arrow (Pi Beta Phi) 86, no. 4 (Summer 1970), pp. 9-11.
Frankenstein, Alfred. "Imogen Cunningham's Career: A History of Photography." San Francisco Chronicle,
Nov. 19, 1970.
Hamilton, Mildred. "The Prestigious Guggenheim Awards: The Winning Women." San Francisco Examiner, Sunday, May 3, 1970, Women section.
"Imogen Cunningham at De Young." Artweek 1, no. 41 (Nov. 28, 1970, p. 7.
Jay, Bill. "Imogen Cunningham." Album (London) 5 (June 1970), pp. 22-38.
Alston, Elizabeth. "Imogen Cunningham: Portrait of a Candid Cook." Look, Feb. 9, 1971, pp. 36-37.
Frankenstein, Alfred. "'The History of My Life:' Romanticism to Reality" (review). San Francisco Chronicle,
Aug. 19, 1971.
Murray, Joan. "History of A Life." Artweek 2, no. 29 (Sept. 4, 1971), p. 9.
[Osman, Colin]. "Photographs by Imogen Cunningham." Creative Camera (London), no. 85 (July 1971),
pp. 222-31.
"Imogen Cunningham." Modern Photography Annual 73 (1972), pp. 150-55.
"Photographs of Women." Camera (Switzerland) 51 (Feb. 1972), p. 31.
Zellerbach, Merla. "What Is the Price of Fame." San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 23, 1972.
Coleman, A. D. "Photography: Cunningham -- Still Going Strong." New York Times, Sunday, May 6,
1973, Sec. 2.
Crawford, Mary. "Clicking Along with Candid Imogen." San Francisco Examiner, Aug. 16, 1973.
Frankenstein, Alfred. "Photography's Great Lady." San Francisco Chronicle, April 12, 1973.
Humphrey, John. "The Henry Swift Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Art." Camera (Switzerland) 52,
no. 2 (Feb. 1973), p. 4ff.
K[inzer], H. M. "Imogen Cunningham." Photography Annual 1974, (1973), pp. 60-65.
Kramer, Hilton. "2 Displays Honor Photographer, 90." New York Times, April 28, 1973.
_____. "Imogen Cunningham at Ninety: A Remarkable Empathy." New York Times, Sunday, May 6, 1973, Sec. 2.
Murray, Joan. "Happy Birthday, Imogen!" Artweek 4, no. 14 (April 7, 1973), p. 9.
P[orter], A[llan]. "Group f/64." Camera (Switzerland) 52, no. 2 (Feb. 1973), pp. 3ff.
Coleman, A. D. "Abigail Heyman and Imogen Cunningham." New York Times, June 30, 1974.
Como, William. "The Golden Gait: The People Who Set the Pace." After Dark 7, no. 4 (Aug. 1974), p. 34.
Emery, Julie. "Some Libbers Develop Early . . . " Seattle Times, June 13, 1974.Frankenstein, Alfred. "The Images of Imogen -- And the Prints of a Purist." San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, May 26, 1974, This World section.
"Imogen Cunningham." Vogue (Australia), (Feb. 1974), pp. 66-67, 133.
"Imogen Cunningham: The Queen." Newsweek, Oct. 21, 1974, p. 67.
"Imogen! Imogen Cunningham Photographs." Artweek 5, no. 22 (June 1, 1974), p. 14.
McAllister, Susan. "Imogen Cunningham: Artist of the F-Stop." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 7, 1974.
Murray, Joan. "Imogen Cunningham." Artweek, (Oct. 19, 1974).
Newton, Dwight. "Profiles of two giants." San Francisco Examiner, Nov. 7, 1974.
Review. Art News 73 (Dec. 1974), p. 36.
Tarshis, Jerome. "West Coast Photography." Studio 187 (Jan. 1974), p. 36.
Torvik, Solveig. "Portrait of An Artist: Imogen Cunningham at 91." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 13, 1974.
"U. W. honors 1907 alumna." Seattle Times, April 21, 1974.
Anspacher, Carolyn. "Imogen Cunningham: A Portrait of the Photographer at 92." San Francisco Chronicle,
March 31, 1975.
Baccari, Alessandro. "Imogen at 91." California Professional Photographer, Jan. 1975, pp. 16-17.
Forgey, Benjamin. "A Half Century of Photos." Washington Star, Oct. 10, 1975.
"Imogen Cunningham Is Still Busy at 92." Independent Journal, May 10, 1975.
Margold, Jane. "Imogen Cunningham at 91: Still Developing." Ms. 3, no. 8 (Feb. 1975), pp. 25-26.
Callahan, Sean. "Photography: Two Deaths in the Family." Village Voice, Aug. 2, 1976.
Davis, Douglas. "The Ten 'Toughest' Photographs of 1975." Esquire 85, no. 2 (Feb. 1976), pp. 108ff.
Hershey, Ann. "Remembering Imogen." San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, California Living Magazine,
Sept. 26, 1976, pp. 6-10.
"Imogen Cunningham, Noted Photographer." (obituary). San Francisco Examiner, June 25, 1976.
"Imogen Cunningham Tribute." American Society of Magazine Photographers - NC Newsletter, no. 5
(July-Aug. 1976). pp. 2ff.
Kramer, Hilton. "Remembering Cunningham and White." New York Times, Aug. 1, 1976.
Leary, Kevin. "Imogen Cunningham, Famed Photographer, Dies Here at 93." San Francisco Chronicle,
June 25, 1976.
McFadden, Robert D. "Pictures in 75-Year Career Display Wit and Fresh Outlook." (obituary). New York Times, June 26, 1976.
"No funeral, But a Celebration Will Be Imogen's Last Farewell." San Francisco Examiner, July 8, 1976.
Rich, Judith. "In Focus with Imogen Cunningham." Westways 68, no. 8 (Aug. 1976), pp. 18ff.
"Remarkable American Women 1776 - 1976." Life, special report, 1976, p. 43.
Wiseman, Diane. "Imogen Cunningham, 1883-1976." Popular Photography 79, no. 4 (Oct. 1976), p. 51.
Badger, Gerry. "Viewed: Imogen Cunningham and Mario Giacomelli at the Photographer's Gallery." British Journal of Photography 124, no. 27 (8 July 1977), pp. 566-69.
Albright, Thomas. "An Insider's View of Aging: Every Picture Tells A Story" (review). San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 1, 1977.
Frankenstein, Alfred. "A Retrospective of the Cunningham Mastery" (review). San Francisco Chronicle,
Oct. 8, 1977.
Murray, Joan. "On the Myth of Imogen Cunningham." Artweek, (Oct. 22, 1977), p. 11.
Smith, Patrick. Review of After Ninety: Imogen Cunningham. San Francisco Review of Books 3, no. 6
(Oct. 1977), pp. 19-21.
Cooper, Thomas Joshua, and Gerry Badger. "Imogen Cunningham: A Celebration." British Journal of Photography Annual 1977 (1978), pp. 126-139.
Symmes, M. F. "Important Photographs by Women." Detroit Institute of Arts Bulletin 56, no. 2 (1978),
pp. 146-48.
Trojan, Judith. "Imogen Cunningham: A Remembrance." Mass Media Newsletter 15, no. 6 (Sept. 11, 1978), pp. 1ff.
Blythe, Ronald. "Living to be Old." Harper's 259, no. 1550 (July 1979), pp. 35-54.
Murray, Joan. "Remembrances of Cunningham." Artweek 10, no. 42 (Dec. 15, 1979). p. 11.
Mozley, Anita Ventura. "Imogen Cunningham: Beginnings," in "Discovery and Recognition." Untitled 25 (1981), pp. 41-45.
Albright, Thomas. "The Cunningham Paradox" (review). San Francisco Chronicle, March 6, 1983.
Damsker, Matt. "Cunningham Goes Inside Plant Life" (review). Los Angeles Times, Dec. 30, 1983, sec. 6.
"Imogen." San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, California Living Magazine, April 10, 1983, pp. 10-11.
Phillipps, Donna Lee. "Looking at Imogen: Two Perspectives (Part I)." Artweek 14, no. 14 (April 9, 1983),
pp. 11-12.
Murray, Joan. "Looking at Imogen: Two Perspectives (Part II)." Artweek 14, no. 15 (April 16, 1983), pp. 1ff.
Marinovich, Mark. "Cunningham: Life Through A Lens" (review). Santa Cruz Sentinel, May 4, 1984.
Moreau, Dan. "A Collectible Comes of Age." Changing Times, (Sept. 1987), pp. 67-71.
Edwards, Owen. [review, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco.] American Photographer, vol. 23 (Nov. 1989), p. 32.
Immisch, T. O. "Imogen Cunningham: Grenzen - Fotografien 1906-1976." Bildende Kunst 37, no. 7 (1989),
pp. 37-40."Imogen Cunningham: Eine Fotografin gibt Auskunft." Fotografie, vol. 43, no. 12 (Dec. 1989), pp. 442-447.
Kohler, M. "Wie Frauen Körper sehen." Pan 2 (1989), pp. 96-99.
Hansen, Henning. [review, Louisiana Museum, Humblebaek.] Katalog, (June 1991), pp. 53-54.
Davis, Keith F. An American Century of Phototgraphy: From Dry Point to Digital: The Hallmark Photographic Collection. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1995.Other Sources
Adams, Ansel, with Mary Street Alinder. An Autobiography. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1985.
Beaton, Cecil, and Gail Buckland. The Magic Image: The Genius of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day. Boston: Little, Brown, 1975.
Diverse Images: Photographs from The New Orleans Museum of Art. Garden City, N. Y.: Amphoto, 1979.
Duval, Jean-Luc. Photography: History of an Art. Geneva: Skira; New York: Rizzoli, 1982.
Ewig, Coni. Grosses Modernes Lexikon. Gutersloh: Lexikothek Verlag, 1983.
Ewing, William A. Flora Photographica: Masterpieces of Flower Photography 1835 to the Present. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991.
_____. The Fugitive Gesture: Masterpieces of Dance Photography. London: Thames and Hudson, 1987.
_____. The Body: Photoworks of the Human Form. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994.
Gee, Helen. Photography of the Fifties: An American Perspective. Tucson, Ariz.: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1980.
Graham, Martha. Blood Memory. New York: Doubleday, 1991.
Green, Jonathan, ed. Camera Work: A Critical Anthology. Millerton, N. Y.: Aperture, 1973.
Gruber, Renate, and L. Fritz. The Imaginary Photo Museum. New York: Harmony Books, 1981.
Hively, William. Nine Classic California Photographers. Berkeley, Calif.: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1980.
Homer, William Innes. Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo-Secession. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1983.
International Center of Photography: Encyclopedia of Photography. New York: Crown Publishers, 1984.
Katzman, Louise. Photography in California 1945-1980. New York: Hudson Hills Press and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Köhler, Michael. Ansichten vom Körper: Das Aktfoto 1840-1985. Schaffhausen: Edition Stemmle, 1986.
Language of Light: A Survey of the Photography Collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Art. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1974.
Lechat, Marie. Imogen Cunningham: Le portrait dans la photographie. Master's thesis, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, 1978.
Lemagny, Jean-Claude, and André Rouillé. A History of Photography. Trans. Janet Lloyd. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
Lewinski, Jorge. A History of Nude Photography: The Naked and the Nude. London: Weidenfield & Nicolson, 1987.
The Male Nude. Tokyo: Treville, 1991.
Mann, Margery. California Pictorialism. Exh. cat. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1977.
Modern Photography and Beyond: Photographs in the Collection of The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Kyoto: National Museum of Modern Art, 1987.
Nordland, Gerald. Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective View. Exh. cat. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1973.
Photography as a Fine Art. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1983.
Portraits. London: Thames and Hudson, 1983.
Pultz, John, and Catherine B. Scallen. Cubism and American Photography, 1910-1930. Exh. cat. Williamstown, Mass.: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1981.
The Quillan Collection of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Photographs. New York: Quillan Company Ltd., 1991.
Ratcliff, Carter. "Tableau Photography: From Mayall to Rodan, Its Roots and Its Reason." Picture 18 (1981), pp. 4-47.
Rev. of Imogen Cunningham: Die Poesie der Form. Introduction by Pradip Malde. Schwarzweiss, 3. Germany: 1993, pp. 10-15.
Richardson, Diana Edkins, and John Russell. Vanity Fair: Photographs of an Age 1914-1936. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1982.
Precisionism in America: 1915-1941: Reordering Reality. New York: Harry N. Abrams; New Jersey: The Montclair Museum, 1994.
Rosenblum, Naomi. A World History of Photography. New York: Abbeville Press, 1984.
Sandweiss, Martha A. Masterworks of American Photography: The Amon Carter Museum Collection. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1982.
Sobieszek, Robert A. Masterpieces of Photography from the George Eastman House Collection. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.
Stendhal, Renate, ed. Gertrude Stein In Words and Pictures: An Photobiography. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1994.
Sullivan, Constance. Legacy of Light. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1987.
_____. Nude Photographs, 1850-1980. N. Y.: Harper and Row, 1980.
_____. Women Photographers. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1990.
Szarkowski, John. Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1973.
Thornton, Gene. Masters of the Camera: Stieglitz, Steichen and Their Successors. N. Y.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976.
U. S. Camera 1939. New York: William Morrow, 1939. (statement by Cunningham)
Whitman, Walt. From This Soil: Selected Poems by Walt Whitman. San Francisco: The Nature Company, 1993.
Weston, Edward. The Daybooks of Edward Weston. Vols 1-2. Ed. Nancy Newhall. Millerton, N. Y.: Aperture, 1973.
White, Anthony R. The Graphic Art of Roi Partridge: A Catalogue Raisonné. Los Angeles: Hennessey and Ingalls, 1988.
Witkin, Lee. A Ten Year Salute. Danbury, N. H.: Addison House, 1979.
Witkin, Lee, and Barbara London. The Photograph Collector's Guide. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979.