Front PageHHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlogLHBlog Olive Cotton Olive Cotton was one of the most important 20th century Australian modernist photographers. Based in Cowra, her pioneering work spanned the 1930s and 40sGabby Kynoch23rd March 2021
HHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlogLHBlog Nancy Sheung Chinese photographer Nancy Sheung was determined to break all the rules and conventions of her time, with unusual means to success.Becky Handley22nd March 2021
FeaturedHHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlog Lisa Larsen Legendary photographer Lisa Larsen was one of LIFE’s pioneering female photojournalists. Born in Germany, she moved to the US as a teenagerGabby Kynoch3rd March 2021
HHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlogLHBlog Vivian Maier Vivian Maier is one of the most prolific and distinctive American photographers of the mid to late twentieth centuryGabby Kynoch2nd March 2021
HHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlogLHBlog Ruth Orkin Photojournalist Ruth Orkin was voted one of the Top Ten Women Photographers by the Professional Photographers of America in 1959Gabby Kynoch2nd February 2021
HHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlog Fanny Foster Fanny Foster was a British photographer hired to document the 1929-1931 archaeological excavation at the Vinča-Belo Brdo tell in modern-day SerbiaGabby Kynoch26th January 2021
HHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlog Christina Broom Britain’s pioneering female press photographer, Christina Broom, took up photography only in her 40s after her husband became unable to work.Becky Handley18th January 2021
Front PageHHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlog Madame d’Ora The most famous of the Viennese pre-war photographers was Dora Kallmus, otherwise known as Madame d’OraGabby Kynoch18th January 2021
HHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlog Constance Fox Talbot Considered by many to be the first woman to take a photograph.Becky Handley14th January 2021
HHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlog Ann Cooke Ann Cooke is credited as being the first female photographer in Britain to open a professional photographic portrait studio.Becky Handley13th January 2021