Ruth St. Denis, Tagore Poem, 1929

Born in Japan, Soichi Sunami moved to the United States first settling in Seattle were he studied painting and photography. In 1921 Sunami moved to New York and worked as a retoucher for Nickolas Muray. Soichi Sunami eventually opened up his own studio frequently photographing dancers including Martha Graham and from 1930 until his retirement worked as a photographer for the Museum of Modern Art.