When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. I’m older than Ansel and he has to mind me. – Imogen Cunningham
Some people say to me, Isn’t it too bad that people discovered you so late? I never thought that. – Imogen Cunningham
I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph. – Imogen Cunningham
I don’t think there’s any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent. – Imogen Cunningham
I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer. – Imogen Cunningham
My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don’t need them they drop back. – Imogen Cunningham
There are certain things you don’t discuss with Ansel, especially if you don’t agree. – Imogen Cunningham
I never stopped photographing. There were a couple of years when I didn’t have a darkroom, but that didn’t stop me from photographing. – Imogen Cunningham
Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There’s always someone who doesn’t like it. – Imogen Cunningham
Oh, you ask me, what is the greatest torture of a person who does portraits for a living? I could fill several volumes with nice nasty stories. I don’t know. – Imogen Cunningham
I was poor. When you’re poor you work, and when you’re rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people. – Imogen Cunningham
I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men. – Imogen Cunningham
A woman said to me when she first sat down, You’re photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one? – Imogen Cunningham
When people ask me silly questions about my private life, I just say, I don’t discuss that. – Imogen Cunningham
