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The Guardian

Following a campaign by the Royal Photographic Society to highlight modern female photographers in a male-dominated profession, a list of a Hundred Heroines was announced on 14 December, 100 years since British women first voted in a general election.
PlanetHeroines
15th December 2018
Elina BrotherusWe're in the News!

Digital Camera World

The Royal Photographic Society has just announced their list of Hundred Heroines, women from across the world whose work is transforming photography today. These female photographers, who were nominated online (anyone was allowed to make a nomination), have inspired and challenged others, highlighted particular issues or shown bravery or courage through their…
PlanetHeroines
14th December 2018
Silver LiningsHeroinic Stories

Yasmin Balai

Silver Linings is an ongoing long term project that follows a group of homeless people, inhabiting underground central heating systems in the centre of Romania's capital, Bucharest. Life on the streets can be a very traumatising and an isolating experience, where forced prostitution, drug or sexual abuse and other forms of violence…
PlanetHeroines
11th December 2018
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Natalie Lennard

Fine-art photographer Natalie Lennard has created Birth Undisturbed, a fictional narrative photography series that brings scenes of natural childbirth into cinematic fine-art tableaux. Spotlighting women of history from the Virgin Mary to the Queen, the series is partly inspired by the artist’s own experiences of birth, loss and motherhood.
PlanetHeroines
27th November 2018
Portraits: Black and WhiteHeroinic StoriesNoticeboard

Emily Andersen

Emily Andersen has been making photographic portraits of the international avant-garde since graduating from the Royal College of Art in the early 1980s. Having started out by finding her way into some pretty cool-sounding private parties in London and New York, she began convincing artists and musicians to pose for her –…
PlanetHeroines
11th October 2018
#209 WomenHeroinic Stories

#209 Women

#209 Women is the brainchild of Hilary Wood and has been created to mark 100 years since some women achieved the right to vote. The entire contemporary art collection at the Palace of Westminster is being replaced with new photos of 209 women MPs, made exclusively by women photographers, for an exhibition…
PlanetHeroines
5th October 2018
Marysa DowlingHeroinic Stories

Marysa Dowling

Marysa’s photographic practice is rooted within portraiture and concerned with human behaviour, identity, communication, exchange and interaction. Participation and collaborative possibilities are vital to her process.
PlanetHeroines
2nd October 2018
Alison BaskervilleHeroinic Stories

Alison Baskerville

Alison Baskerville is a British documentary photographer based in the UK. A recent fellow with the International Women's Media Foundation and military veteran she has explored and produced work in Afghanistan, Gaza, Mali and Somaliland.
PlanetHeroines
26th September 2018

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