Lucinda bunnen biography

Lucinda Bunnen (1930 – 2022) was a.
Full Biography: Lucinda Weil Bunnen (1930-2022) was born January 14, 1930 in Westchester County, New York, to Sylvan E. Weil (1892-1952), a.
Lucinda Weil Bunnen was a noted photographer from Atlanta, Georgia.

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by Cori Williams, Collection Services Processing Intern, Lucinda Bunnen papers

This is the fourth post in a series on the accessioning and processing of the Lucinda Bunnen Papers.

“Making photographs represents a very personal, life-long pursuit, rather than a chronological record of events or places.” – Lucinda Bunnen

Lucinda hanging her first show at Saks Fifth Avenue in Atlanta, 1971

After accessioning and minimally processing the first 18 boxes, I began creating a finding aid- the map for the researcher. The first task was writing a biographical note. I looked at some other finding aids on the Rose Library’s website for some context. I was specifically looking at the notes in the Horace Tate papers and the Robert Woodruff papers bio note. I wrote up a first draft of Lucinda’s biography and sent it to my supervisor for edits. Most of the comments asked for more specifics; What boards did Lucinda serve on? If she started photography at 40, what was she doing before that? ? Lucinda had written various biographies that I found in her collection that helped

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In Tribute

Lucinda Weil Bunnen will forever be one of the brightest stars in our constellation of strong women. Hambidge would not exist without her. For over 30 years, her leadership and support buoyed us during our most difficult challenges and fortified us until we found our footing. Our gratitude to her is beyond words.

On April 2nd, 2022 hundreds of family and friends gathered for a heartwarming celebration of Lucinda’s remarkable life. Everyone attending felt the power of Lucinda when she arrived in the spirit of a freight train, forcing a magical pause in the elegy. Below is the full poem by Hambidge Executive Director, Jamie Badoud, which was followed by a special closing sing along of “She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain” (the song suggested by Lucinda herself) with amended verses including “we’ll all be makin’ pictures when she comes.”

Lucinda Weil Bunnen was everything y’all
No river was too wide, No mountain too tall
Always pushing boundaries, Always showing up, always growing
She knew better than anyone just which way the wind was blowing

Born with a c

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Lucinda Weil Bunnen is a photographer living in Atlanta, Georgia. Bunnen, now 90 years old, began her photography career at the age of 40, when she and her family took a trip to Peru for her birthday and she discovered a love and a talent for the art form. Since then she has been a prolific photographer, artist, collector and benefactor to the photography community in Atlanta and around the country.

Bunnen’s latest show in 2019, A Spring Walk in My Woods, was her second solo exhibition with Marcia Wood Gallery, following Lucinda’s World, part III: Weathered Chromes in 2015. A Spring Walk in My Woods is Bunnen’s intimate and sumptuous photographic series created to share her private world through her unique vision of nature and landscape. The photographs depict her walks along a rigorous path through her woods behind her home in Atlanta.

Bunnen’s work is the subject of eight books to date. Her latest book, Constant Impermanence was published in December 2020. She co-authored three of the books: Movers and Shakers in Georgia, published by