Historical HeroinesHPBlog Betti Mautner Betti Mautner was born in Vienna in 1892 when the role and significance of photography was being re-evaluated, being seen as an art formGabby Kynoch15th January 2021
Historical HeroinesHPBlogLHBlog Gisele Wulfsohn Gisele Wulfsohn's work was celebrated for highlighting poverty, HIV/AIDS and the apartheid in South Africa.Becky Handley15th 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
HHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlog Anna Atkins Anna Atkins was the first person to create a book made entirely from photographic images and is widely acclaimed for her use of British algae cyanotypes.Becky Handley13th January 2021
HHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlogLHBlog Ida Kar Ida Kar was a woman of many origins who became most well-known for her portraits of London artistic circles, becoming the ‘Bohemian Photographer’.Becky Handley13th January 2021
HHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlog Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange was able to run a successful portrait studio in San Francisco during the 1920s during the Great Depression.Becky Handley13th January 2021
HHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlog Laure Albin-Guillot Born Laure Meffredy in Paris, photographer Laure Albin-Guillot first opened a portrait studio at her home in Rue du Ranelagh in the 1920s.Gabby Kynoch12th January 2021
HHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlog Laura Gilpin Laura Gilpin spent her photography career documenting the Indigenous tribes of the United States, particularly the Navajo and Pueblo tribes.Becky Handley12th January 2021
HHBLogHistorical HeroinesHPBlog Isabel Agnes Cowper (Mrs Cowper) Possibly the South Kensington Museum’s (V & A) first female Official Museum Photographer.Becky Handley12th January 2021