Abe Frajndlich is what you might call a photographer's photographer. And not just because his colleagues admire his work – but because they are his work. For several decades, Frajndlich has turned his camera on the faces of those usually found behind their own. What began as a series of portraits of "Grandes Dames of Photography" for Life in 1988 was picked up and supported with funds from Kodak as an ongoing, globe-trotting project. These portraits have now been published as a book, Penelope's Hungry Eyes. The glossy volume contains more than 100 shots, intimately revealing some of the biggest names in the history of photography, from the other side of the lens. Frajndlich's background is in English literature, from which he drew that allusive title. He wrote his thesis on Ulysses, deciding that the crucial character in James Joyce's retelling of Homer's Odyssey was the Penelope figure, k Molly. For Frajndlich, Penelope herself has "all these years of waiting [as the faithful wife of Odysseus, abroad at the Trojan War] but simultaneously building this kind of intensity... I jumped from that to the intensity I feel with every photographer – they're always hungry for more pictures." Of course, Penelope was an arch evader, too: she ducked the advances of numerous suitors during Odysseus's 10-year absence. And Frajndlich's subjects are also slippery creatures – many avoid a direct gaze, opting for closed eyes or turned backs, framing themselves or offering a reflection. But as much can be revealed by artful evasiveness as by full-frontal honesty, and Frajndlich stages his images to hint at his subjects' idiosyncrasies.... Frajndlich adds that many photographers he snapped were introverted: "You can gain a passport with a camera in front of your face, but you don't want to be the subject. Some people absolutely refuse to be photographed. I always want to respect these people's own space but at the same time say something that opens up their work, and them." [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/portraits-of-the-artists-abe-frajndlich-turns-his-lens-on-the-greats-of-photography-6273515.html] Imogen Cunningham (/ˈkʌnɪŋəm/; April 12, 1883 – June 23, 1976) was an American photographer known for her botanical photography, nudes, and industrial landscapes. Cunningham was a member of the California-based Group f/64, known for its dedication to the sharp-focus rendition of simple subjects.