Helen Balfour Morrison (August 1, 1900 – November 6, 1984) was an American photographer best known for her collaborations with dancer Sybil Shearer.
[5] One of her first projects was a documentary series of photographs depicting African American life in Great Depression-era Kentucky.
[6] In her late twenties Morrison began the Great Americans series — portraits of such Chicago-area notables as Jane Addams, Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow, Amelia Earhart, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Morrison shot these portraits in Chicago and New York, and the series became well-known[citation needed] with exhibitions in museums all over the country.
[citation needed] In 1942, Morrison met dancer and choreographer Sybil Shearer.