Anna Atkins was the first person to create a book made entirely from photographic images and is widely acclaimed for her use of British algae cyanotypes.
Becky Handley13th January 2021
Dorothea Lange was able to run a successful portrait studio in San Francisco during the 1920s during the Great Depression.
Becky Handley13th January 2021
Laura Gilpin spent her photography career documenting the Indigenous tribes of the United States, particularly the Navajo and Pueblo tribes.
Becky Handley12th January 2021
Possibly the South Kensington Museum’s (V & A) first female Official Museum Photographer.
Becky Handley12th January 2021
Serbian-born photographer whose work explored, and was influenced by, Vienna, the heart of the Austrian Empire and a prominent place within the world of art and fashion.
Becky Handley10th January 2021
Jane 'Jennie' Louise Van Der Zee toussaint Welcome was one of the only Black Women filmmakers during the silent movie era.
Becky Handley9th January 2021
Neeta Madahar, Anna with Magnolias, Flora, 2009-2010 © Neeta Madahar Flora – Neeta Madahar Neeta Madahar’s 2009-10 series Flora is a fascinating exploration of femininity, empowerment, and performance, presenting carefully planned sets and costumes that are simultaneously exposed for their artifice. Neeta’s work was largely inspired by Madame Yevonde’s 1935 series Goddesses,…
Becky Handley22nd December 2020
In a series between photographer and community, LaToya Ruby Frazier explores the fallout of a factory’s closure in her series ‘The Last Cruze’.
Becky Handley20th December 2020
German photographer Ruth Bernhard studied at the Berlin Academy of Art. In 1927, she relocated to New York to begin a career in commercial photography.
Becky Handley20th December 2020
