HISTORICAL HEROINES
Amelia Elizabeth Guppy
Amelia Elizabeth Guppy was a pioneering photographer often remembered for her adventurous spirit and passion for studying orchids....
Ann Cooke
Ann Cooke is credited as being the first female photographer in Britain to open a professional photographic portrait studio....
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....
Anne Fischer
German photographer Anne Fischer (1914 - 1986) left Germany in 1937 to become a fine portrait photographer and to specialise in dance photography....
Berenice Abbott
Best known for photographing the changing face of New York in the 1930s....
Christina Broom
Britain’s pioneering female press photographer, Christina Broom, took up photography only in her 40s after her husband became unable to work....
