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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 (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.
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Barbara Morgan was an American photographer and dancer who captured the movement and energy of modern dance in her photos. She also documented the city life and the natural world with her camera. See her works, exhibitions and publications at MoMA.
Barbara Morgan (1900-1992) was a versatile and influential photographer who documented dance, abstract forms, and landscapes. She also helped establish Aperture magazine in 1951 as a platform for photography as a fine art.
Barbara Morgan (1900-1992) was a photographer who documented the movements and gestures of professional dancers and Native American ceremonies. She studied painting in California and photography in New York, and worked with choreographers like Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham.
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.