Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-1978

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Consuelo Kanaga (1894-1978) is considered a pioneer in social photography. She began her career as a journalist at the San Francisco Chronicle, learned photography and joined the California Camera Club, which became the renowned group f/64. After moving to New York, she worked at the New York American and as a free lance photographer. She was married to artist Wallace Putnam and lived in Yorktown Heights, Westchester, New York.

From the description of Papers, 1936-1978. (Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives). WorldCat record id: 122529772

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creatorOf Albert M. Bender papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-1978. Robert Allerton Parker portraits [graphic] UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Imogen Cunningham papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Imogen Cunningham papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-1978. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Kanaga, Consuelo. Kanaga, Consuelo : [photography bio file]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf KANAGA, CONSUELO. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-1978. Papers, 1936-1978. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs. Records, Exhibition views: installations. Consuelo Kanaga: An American Photographer. 1993-1994. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984. Papers: Series I-III, 1908-1985 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn George Constant papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf George Constant papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Kanaga, Consuelo : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Papers, 1908-1985 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Haas, Elise S. (Elise Stern). Elise Stern Haas family photographs [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Prints, Drawings and Photographs. Institutional file, Exhibitions. Consuelo Kanaga: an american photographer. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
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associatedWith BARBARA DEMING, 1917-1984 person
associatedWith Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice), 1866-1941. person
associatedWith Brooklyn Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Prints, Drawings and Photographs. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs. corporateBody
associatedWith Constant, George. person
associatedWith Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976. person
associatedWith Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984. person
associatedWith George Constant person
associatedWith Haas, Elise S. (Elise Stern) person
associatedWith Imogen Cunningham person
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Photography, Artistic
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Photographers
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Birth 1894-05-25

Death 1978-02-28

Americans

English

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