Barbara Morgan (Aperture Masters of
Photography) by Deba P. Patnaik
Photography And Modern Dance
Although celebrated for her extraordinary studies of modern dance in the
late 1920s and early thirties, Barbara Morgan enjoyed an artistic career
that embraced a wide range of philosophical and aesthetic influences. Her
studies of pioneering dancers such as Martha Graham, José Limón, Erik
Hawkins, and Merce Cunningham capture the spirituality of a temporal art.
She also combined photograms and light drawing to experiment with
moving light patterns. A former painter, she used montage and
manipulated imagery to express the visual and kinetic energy of New York
City. Included in this volume are the finest examples of Morgans work:
dance photographs, photomontages, light drawings, and other works from
a long, varied photographic career. In the accompanying essay, Deba P.
Patnaik, photo-historian and Executive Director of the Willard & Barbara
Morgan Foundation, provides an overview of the development of Morgans
career and insight into the beliefs that informed her work. Hardcover, 8 x 8
in./96 pgs

Personal Review: Barbara Morgan (Aperture Masters of
Photography) by Deba P. Patnaik
During 1935-41 Barbara Morgan Photographed dancers in New York City
and Bennington, I liked very much the pictures
of Anna Sokolow, Martha Graham, Pearl Primus, Valerie Bettis, Merce
Cunningham, Jose Limon, Charles Weidman,
and Doris Humphrey that are included in this book.
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