cunningham

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A Scottish habitational surname from a place in Ayrshire
A downhaul located at the tack of a sail used for tightening the luff
{i} family name; Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976), American photographer of plants and portraits
A block and tackle system used to control tension on the luff of the mainsail
Line passed through a grommet in the luff of the sail used to flatten the sail by tightening the luff
Line adjusting tension of forward edge of mainsail
A control line attached near the tack of the mainsail which pulls down on the luff of the sail to increase tension
A line used to control the tension along a sail's luff in order to maintain proper sail shape
United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922)
Adjusting the tension of a sail's luff

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Imogen Cunningham
born April 12, 1883, Portland, Ore., U.S. died June 24, 1976, San Francisco, Calif. U.S. photographer. She began taking pictures in 1901; her earliest prints imitated contemporary academic painting. She opened a portrait studio in Seattle, Wash., in 1910 and soon established a national reputation as a portrait photographer. Encouraged by Edward Weston, she exhibited her plant photographs in San Francisco, where she would work for the remainder of her career. In 1932 she joined the West Coast photographers known as Group f.64. Later in her career she taught at the San Francisco Art Institute
Imogen Cunningham
{i} (1883-1976) American photographer of plants and portraits
Merce Cunningham
born April 16, 1919, Centralia, Wash., U.S. U.S. avant-garde dancer and choreographer. In 1939 he joined Martha Graham's company, where he created roles in several of her works. As an independent choreographer in 1945-52, he began his long collaboration with the composer John Cage. In 1952 Cunningham formed his own company, developing his interest in isolated movement and "choreography by chance." His Suite by Chance (1952) was the first dance performed to an electronic score. Other works include The Seasons (1947), Summerspace (1958), and Locale (1980)