Lena Connell, also known professionally as Beatrice Cundy, was a British photographer who left her mark on both the fight for women's suffrage and the art of portraiture.
Del Barrett26th July 2024
Here are five pioneering women in photography to celebrate in the month of March - from Jane Bown CBE to Běla Kolářová.
Katherine Riley4th March 2024
Lora Webb Nichols was an American photographer, best known for amassing a collection of 24,000 negatives of the town Encampment, Wyoming.
PlanetHeroines21st February 2024
Pearl Freeman was a portrait photographer, active from 1931 - 1954. Working in London, she was a contemporary of Dorothy Wilding and Yevonde.
Katherine Riley31st October 2023
Here are five Black women photographers, among many, who have made a lasting impact on the trajectory of photography and the visual arts.
Katherine Riley18th October 2023
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.
PlanetHeroines9th October 2023
Geneviève Élisabeth Disdéri, born in 1817, was one of the earliest women photographers and the first French woman photographer.
PlanetHeroines9th October 2023
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.
PlanetHeroines28th September 2023
