Catalog for Barbara Morgan exhibition

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The Inner Landscape of Dance: Photographs by Barbara Morgan 1935–1944

CATALOG AND INVITATION

This is a catalog and an invitation for the exhibition The Inner Landscape of Dance: Photographs by Barbara Morgan 1935–1944. It is featuring an introduction by Diane Butler, Director of the Binghamton University Art Museum, and an essay by John Tagg, Distinguished Professor of Art History, as well as images of all 30 photographs displayed in the exhibition. The vintage photographs by Barbara Morgan are on loan from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Monroe Kornfeld.

The photographs, many of which are now iconic, depict modern dancers Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Merce Cunningham and others. Martha Graham is seen performing moments from Lamantation, War Theme and Deep Song, as well as the famous "kick" from Letter to the World. Images of Merce Cunningham's collaborations with John Cage are featured, as are the inspired and studied work of Pearl Primus. Photographer Barbara Morgan used a hand-held Graflex Speed Graphic press camera to capture dancers mid-movement, resulting in dynamic and dramatic images that remain fresh today.

Many of the photographs are prints used for the 1941 book, Martha Graham - Sixteen Dances in Photographic Sequence, published by Barbara and her husband, Willard Morgan. All of the photographs on view were printed by Barbara Morgan and acquired by the Kornfelds from Lloyd Morgan, the son of Barbara and Willard Morgan.

CATALOG INFO

Binghamton University Art Museum

Binghamton University

Binghamton, New York

Friday, March 27—Saturday, June 20, 2015

Design: Blazo Kovacevic, Assitant Professor of Art and Design, Binghamton University

Photography: Chris Focht, Binghamton University

Cover: Martha Graham – Lamentation – 1930, 1935; Gelatin silver print

Opposite dedication: Lloyd’s Head, 1944; Gelatin silver print

Inscribed verso: “To Monroe who appreciates the Eye and Creativity of another Artist – Lloyd Morgan”

All photographs by Barbara Morgan in this catalogue © Barbara Morgan,

The Barbara Morgan Archive.