Pearl Freeman was a portrait photographer, active from 1931 – 1954. Working in London, she was a contemporary of Dorothy Wilding and Yevonde.
Here are five Black women photographers, among many, who have made a lasting impact on the trajectory of photography and the visual arts.
Sarah Louse Judd (1802 – 1886) was the first commercial photographer in Minnesota and first schoolteacher in Washington County. She experimented with daguerreotypes during the spring of 1848 for two years in Stillwater.
Geneviève Élisabeth Disdéri, born in 1817, was one of the earliest women photographers and the first French woman photographer.
Emmy Andriesse (1914-1953) was a Dutch humanist photographer best known for her street photography for the Underground Camera group during the Second World War.
PHOTOFAIRS New York, a new contemporary art fair dedicated to photo-based and digital artwork, runs from 8th – 10th September 2023.
Signe Brander (1869 – 1942) was a Swedish-Finnish photographer celebrated for documenting urban and cultural change in the city of Helsinki.
Florence Vandamm (1883 – 1996) was a portrait photographer who photographed over 2,000 Broadway productions in New York.
Nancy Wynne Newhall was an American photography writer and curator, and the co-founder of Aperture Magazine.
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.
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