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Dorothy Wilding – Gloucester Archive

Gloucester: On the first anniversary of the late Queen's death, we are launching the Dorothy Wilding Gloucester Archive with an installation that commemorates Dorothy's relationship with Queen Elizabeth II, curated by collector Sarah Grant.

Del Barrett8th September 2023

Black and white photo of Helsinki in 1912. Wooden buildings stand in front of a larger expanse of buildings, constructed with bricks.

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Signe Brander

Signe Brander (1869 - 1942) was a Swedish-Finnish photographer celebrated for documenting urban and cultural change in the city of Helsinki.

Katherine Riley4th September 2023

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Nancy Newhall

Nancy Wynne Newhall was an American photography writer and curator, and the co-founder of Aperture Magazine.

Katherine Riley17th August 2023

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Dorothy Wilding Petition

Our vision is for women in photography to be recognised and celebrated for their work and to that end we want to acquire an English Heritage Blue Plaque for Gloucester born photographer Dorothy Wilding.

PlanetHeroines30th May 2023

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Tee Corinne

Tee Corinne, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, 1943, was a prolific lesbian writer, artist, sex educator, historian, and feminist, famous for her content which explores the intersections of feminism and sexuality.

PlanetHeroines22nd May 2023

Black and white photograph (sepia toned) of a group of men building a staircase.

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Frances Benjamin Johnston

Frances Benjamin Johnston is recognised as one of the first women of American photography and one of its first LGBT+ practitioners.

Katherine Riley23rd February 2023

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Pauline Jermyn Trevelyan

An art patron and collector of early photography, Pauline Jermyn Trevelyan (1816-1866) started her own photographic work creating sketches using a camera lucida while travelling Europe with her husband, an aristocrat geologist and botanist.

PlanetHeroines19th January 2023