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Princess Marianne – Obituary

By Carol: HSH Princess Marianne of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, known as ‘Manni’, who has died aged 105, made the most of her uniquely aristocratic and glamorous connections across Europe by photographing everyone from Maria Callas to Margaret Thatcher.

Del Barrett12th May 2025

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Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann

The first German female commercial/professional photographer.

PlanetHeroines16th February 2025

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Shirley Baker

Shirley Baker (9th July 1932 - 21st September 2014) - pioneering street photographer of post-war Britain. Exhibition at Museum in the Park until 30 March 2025.

Del Barrett20th January 2025

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Jane Louise Van Der Zee Toussaint Welcome

Jane 'Jennie' Louise Van Der Zee toussaint Welcome was one of the only Black Women filmmakers during the silent movie era.

Becky Handley7th January 2025

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Trude Fleischmann

Trude Fleischmann (1895 – 1990) was an Austrian-born American photographer, one of a group of young, confident, Jewish, female photographers opening their own studios in Vienna after World War I.

Gabby Kynoch16th December 2024

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Adèle Perlmutter-Heilperin

Adele Perlmutter-Heilperin was a photographer working in Vienna in the late 1800s. She produced an impressive portfolio of the Viennese elite.

PlanetHeroines12th December 2024

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Amelia Elizabeth Guppy

Born 21st November 1808. Amelia Elizabeth Guppy was a pioneering photographer often remembered for her adventurous spirit and passion for studying orchids.

Becky Handley9th November 2024

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Georgiana Houghton and the Art of Spirit Photography

Spirit photography, a cultural phenomenon that swept through 19th-century England. At the heart of this strange and haunting practice was Georgiana Houghton, a figure who, with her delicate balance of spiritual fervour and commercial savvy, wove together photography and mediumship, exploring the long-suffering human desire to commune with the dead.

PlanetHeroines30th October 2024

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Alice Hughes

Alice Hughes (1857-1939) was a renowned studio portraitist based in London during the later years of the nineteenth century. She worked primarily in her Gower Street studio, which employed over fifty assistants and process workers at one time - all women.

PlanetHeroines29th October 2024

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Marie Cosindas

By Paula: A pioneer of colour polaroids in the 1960s, American photographer Marie Cosindas (1923-2017) helped launch colour photography as an artform.

Del Barrett2nd September 2024