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PHOTO STORY

Past viewing_room
  • Ruth Asawa

    RUTH ASAWA HOLDING A FORM WITHIN A FORM SCULPTURE, 1951

    RUTH ASAWA HOLDING A FORM WITHIN A FORM SCULPTURE, 1951

     

  • Imogen and Ruth were great friends and she often took photos of Ruth at one of their homes, capturing images both candidly and for the purpose of documenting Ruth's work. Occationally these photos were for an article or to promote a show, but  as always, Imogen found the time to take other photographs that particularly interested her, both in the spirit of collaroration and also, experimentation.
  • STORIES - Asawa - slideshow 4 (View more details about this item in a popup).
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    STORIES - Asawa - slideshow 4
  • Nothing escaped Imogen's eye - Ruth was a great subject for Imogen's camera, with the fluid transparency of Ruth's artwork giving shape and form to the image.
    • Ruth Asawa Leaning on Railing, 1951
      Ruth Asawa Leaning on Railing, 1951
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    • Ruth Asawa 3, 1957
      Ruth Asawa 3, 1957
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    • Ruth Asawa 5, 1957
      Ruth Asawa 5, 1957
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  • These are contact sheets from Imogen's negative rolls, taken with her Rolleiflex camera. 

     

    Imogen often used her 2 1/4 inch Rolleiflex camera, shown here to photograph Ruth. Occasionally she brought out her 4x5 Deardorff camera, which only takes one negative at a time, but offers a great amount of resolution on the 4 x 5 inch negative.

    • STORIES - Asawa - proof 2
    • STORIES - Asawa - proof 1
    • Rollieflex camera Imogen's Rollieflex camera, which takes a negative that is 1 1/4 by 2 1/4 inches.

      Rollieflex camera

      Imogen's Rollieflex camera, which takes a negative that is 1 1/4 by 2 1/4 inches.

    • 4x5 Deardorff. Occasionally Imogen brought our her 4x5 inch Deardorff to photograph Ruth

      4x5 Deardorff.

      Occasionally Imogen brought our her 4x5 inch Deardorff to photograph Ruth

  • SELECTION OF AVAILABLE ESTATE PRINTS

    • Ruth Asawa Kneeling Behind a Hanging Looped-Wire Sculpture, 1957
      Ruth Asawa Kneeling Behind a Hanging Looped-Wire Sculpture, 1957
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    • Ruth Asawa in Her Dining Room with Tied-Wire Sculptures, 1963
      Ruth Asawa in Her Dining Room with Tied-Wire Sculptures, 1963
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    • Ruth Asawa, 1957
      Ruth Asawa, 1957
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  • SELECTION OF VINTAGE PRINTS FOR SALE

    • Imogen Cunningham, Ruth Asawa, Sculptor, at Her Door, 1963
      Imogen Cunningham, Ruth Asawa, Sculptor, at Her Door, 1963
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