Born 19th November 1948. Ana Mendieta was a Cuban-American performance artist, filmmaker, sculptor, and painter known for her ‘earth-body’ artwork.
Katherine Riley9th November 2024
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
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
For Claude, exploring the limits of male & female identities was not merely a critique of societal gender norms, but rather a highly introspective endeavour
Gabby Kynoch17th October 2024
By Paula: Six pioneering women in photography to celebrate this September.
Del Barrett2nd September 2024
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
By Harper: Elfriede Mejchar (1924-2020) was a pioneering Austrian photographer who documented Vienna's social landscape through a unique lens.
PlanetHeroines1st September 2024
By Emery: Laura Aguilar was an American photographer, recognised for her diverse range of work exploring the realities of marginalised communities.
Del Barrett1st September 2024
By Ruby: Thérèse Bonney (1894-1978) was an American-born photographer and war correspondent, renowned for her powerful documentation of World War II and its effects on civilian populations.
Del Barrett1st September 2024
