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Barbara Radding Morgan (born November 28, 1951) is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut. She participated in the Teacher in Space program as backup to Christa McAuliffe for the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger .
Barbara Morgan (July 8, 1900 – August 17, 1992) was an American photographer best known for her depictions of modern dancers. She was a co-founder of the photography magazine Aperture.
Barbara Morgan (born Nov. 28, 1951, Fresno, Calif., U.S.) is an American teacher and astronaut, the first teacher to travel into space. Morgan earned a B.A. in human biology from Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., in 1973.
While Morgan is best known for the vibrancy of her dance photographs, equally characteristic of her diverse work is her ability to capture ephemeral gesture. In the mid-1930s, her choice of abstract photographic styles set her apart from the preponderance of American documentary photographers.
Barbara Morgan (1900-1992) was a pioneering figure in American photography known for her dynamic images of modern dance, experiments in photomontage, and gestural light drawings. Throughout her career, Morgan worked to visualize the “inner meanings” of her subjects.
There are many photographers who’ve found a way to depict the elegance and energy of dancers in 2D form and one of the best known is Barbara Morgan (1900–1992), who was an American photographer...
May 9, 2016 · The image helped bring modern dance to the attention of the American people and established the photographer, Barbara Morgan, as one who saw, in Graham’s words, “the inner landscape that is a dancer’s world.”.
Barbara Morgan was an American photographer who captured images of professional dancers during their performances. View Barbara Morgan’s 816 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Barbara Morgan is widely recognized for her groundbreaking photographic images of the American modern dance movement from the 1930s and 1940s. The artist aimed to free the figure within space, focusing on singular movements and sometimes using double-exposures to create a slow-motion effect.
Born in 1900, acclaimed photographer Barbara Morgan first became interested in motion as a young girl when her father explained that even stationary, inanimate objects had millions of tiny atoms dancing inside of them.
