Alexandra Boulat (1962-2007) photographed wars from women's perspectives, paving the way for other women in photography to do the same.
Gabby Kynoch23rd August 2021
Ryu Shima (1823-1900) took what is the earliest known photograph to be created by a Japanese woman in 1864, and it was a wet-plate of Kakoku, her husband.
Gabby Kynoch11th August 2021
The Irish-heiress turned mountaineering photographer, Elizabeth Le Blond (1860-1934) has not only been credited by being one of the first people to reach many European summits but also as one of the first female filmmakers.
Gabby Kynoch2nd August 2021
Often referred to as Canada’s first professional woman photographer, Minna was born in Germany in 1861.
Gabby Kynoch30th June 2021
Florence Henri among other Historical Heroines on display in 'Women in Abstraction', at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. On view until August 23, 2021
Gabby Kynoch23rd June 2021
One of the premier fashion and portrait photographers of the 20s and 30s in Germany, ‘Yva’ produced elegant fashion portraits, photomontages and advertising work in Berlin from 1925 until the Nazi’s closed her studio. She was killed in the Majdanek concentration camp in 1944.
Gabby Kynoch9th June 2021
German photographer Anne Fischer (1914 - 1986) left Germany in 1937 to become a fine portrait photographer and to specialise in dance photography.
Becky Handley27th May 2021
Elisabeth Meyer (1899 – 1968) was an early Norwegian photojournalist of the 1920s and 30s who documented her daring trips to Iran and India, as well as the local Sami people of Finnmark in her native Norway.
Gabby Kynoch24th May 2021
A prominent member of the Norwegian feminist movement in Horton, Marie Høeg along with partner Bolette Berg, experimented with gender identity and performance.
PlanetHeroines10th May 2021
