Hear Barbara Morgan reminisce about her first meeting with dancer Martha Graham

Hear Barbara Morgan reminisce about her first meeting with dancer Martha Graham

Photographer Barbara Morgan discussing her first meeting with dancer Martha Graham, from the documentary Barbara Morgan: Everything Is Dancing (1980).
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