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Margaret Gross Michaelis-Sachs

Margarethe (Margaret) Gross was born in 1902 into a Jewish family in Dzieditz, near Cracow, in what was then Austria (now Poland). Her liberal upbringing led her to studying photography at the Institute of Graphic Arts and Research in Vienna, followed by apprenticeships in some of the leading Viennese studios of the…

PlanetHeroines15th December 2022

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Liselotte Billigheimer Grschebina

Liselotte studied painting and graphic design at her local art academy – Badische Landeskunstschule, Karlsruhe (BLK) – and took up the then–new course in advertising photography at the School of Applied Arts in Stuttgart.

PlanetHeroines13th December 2022

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Jessie Tarbox Beals

Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870 –1942), Canadian-born American photographer and photojournalist, was the first published female photojournalist in the United States and the first female night photographer. She documented Greenwich Village and the major figures and events of New York from the Victorian era up to the Depression.

PlanetHeroines25th July 2022

A group of brown bottles stands on a table, beside a cactus, a lemon, and a small sculpture of a cherub.

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Jan Groover

American photographer Jan Groover experimented with space, light, colour, and form in painterly, large-format still lives.

PlanetHeroines25th July 2022

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Hazel (Frieda) Larsen Archer

Hazel Larsen Archer 's photos provide an invaluable record of their era, and of a group of avant-garde artists that changed American art.

PlanetHeroines25th July 2022

Portrait photograph of HM Queen Elizabeth II, on the occasion of her Accession: a half-length portrait, turned slightly to her left, face. She wears the George IV Diamond Diadem, the Nizam of Hyderabad Necklace, the star and badge of the Order of the Garter on a sash, over a satin evening dress, designed by Norman Hartnell. The Queen is also wearing a diamond and platinum bracelet that was given as a wedding present by Prince Philip. This was designed by Philip Antrobus, using stones taken a from a tiara that had belonged to Prince Philip's mother Princess Andrew of Greece. She is also holding a fan in her left hand.

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Heroines & The Crown

The Queen is probably the most photographed person in the world, but the royal photographer closest to our hearts is Dorothy Wilding, who was born within a mile of the Heroines Hub in Gloucester.

Del Barrett2nd June 2022

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Ursula Pariser

Born in Berlin, Ursula Pariser studied in London at the Reimann School of Art and Design before embarking on an illustrious career as educator and photographer. Whilst head of photography at the Courtauld Institute of Art, she acted as special art adviser to the Queen.

Del Barrett1st June 2022

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Alice Austen

Alice Austin (1866-1952) was one of the first women to work outside the photographic studio, documenting New York City as well as intimate relationships between Victorian women

Gabby Kynoch1st June 2022

young woman with camera and cigarette looking straight into camera

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Annemarie Schwarzenbach

Recognized as a notable LGBTQ+ fashion icon and an accomplished twentieth-century author, Annemarie Schwarzenbach was also a prolific photographer.

Del Barrett23rd May 2022

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Elisabeth Buchmeyer Lewis

Born in 1935, Elisabeth was a prolific photographer. By the time of her death in 2018, she had created a vast collection of images with immense social, political, and aesthetic value.

PlanetHeroines10th May 2022