A Female Gaze
HE SEATTLE ART Museum pays tribute to native daughter Imogen Cunningham with a retrospective exhibition of the photographer’s career, which lasted from the Pictorialist era of the pre-World War I era through the 1970s. “Imogen Cunningham: A Retrospective” (through February 6), the first exhibition of its kind in 35 years, assembles some 200 works, including portraits of artists, musicians and Hollywood stars; flower and plant studies; street photography; and nudes. With the latter, Cunningham raised eyebrows, since it was not only the female body that was shocking to many but also the “female gaze” the photographer brought to the task. “Imogen Cunningham was underappreciated for most of her career, only finding recognition in
