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Julia Margaret Cameron

Photograph of Julia Margaret Cameron taken by her son, Henry Herschel Hay Cameron © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 - 1879) British Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron is well-known for her dramatic portraits and narrative photographs, which depict scenes from literature and religion. Her distinctive style often featured intense…

Ellie Ramsden18th September 2020

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Lucia Moholy

Lucia Moholy - now gaining recognition for her contribution to the photography of the Bauhaus

Becky Handley5th September 2020

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Claude Cahun

Claude Cahun was best known for their Surrealist self-portraits

Becky Handley5th September 2020

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Edith Tudor-Hart

Edith Tudor-Hart's photography was informed by her Communist ideals

Becky Handley5th September 2020

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Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Louise Dahl-Wolfe created images that felt both candid and glamorous

Becky Handley31st August 2020

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Norah Lyle-Smyth

Norah documented the early years of British suffrage and the ground-breaking work of socialist Sylvia Pankhurst in London’s East End.

Becky Handley27th August 2020

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Lives behind the lens

Women refugee photographers are put back in the frame in Four Corners' exhibition. Kirtey Verma goes behind the scenes of the recently reopened Another Eye with Four Corners’ Carla Mitchell and co-curator Katy Barron

Kirtey Verma18th August 2020

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Tina Modotti

With her camera, Tina Modotti presents a distinctive vision of 1920s Mexico. As a Hollywood actress turned Comintern agent, Modotti used photography as an artistic and political outlet.

Becky Handley5th August 2020