Son of the renown photographer Imogen
Cunningham, Partridge began helping his mother in the darkroom at the age of
five. At seventeen he became Dorothea Lange's apprentice, driving her up and
down the back roads of California as she created her well-known images of
migrant laborers.
In 1937 and 1938 he worked with Ansel
Adams in Yosemite, taking the now-famous photograph, Ansel in the High Sierra,
late 1930s.
Intimately associated with the great
California photographers of his time, Partridge absorbed all the techniques his
teachers could give him, yet he wears this lineage lightly, dedicating himself
to following the paths down which his own view leads him.
For nearly 70 years he has been a
professional photographer, making breathtakingly intimate portraits,
devastating environmental statements, stunning architectural images, and
capturing telling moments of California history. He lives in Berkeley,
California and photographs every day.
All images © Rondal Partridge
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