From Alice to Yva, explore the archive of Historical Heroines and learn about the rich lives and careers of pioneering women photographers. As we continue our mission, our online archives will continue grow.
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Virginia Oldoïni (1837-1899) was an Italian photographer who rose to the upper echelons of Parisian society and was unabashedly her own muse....
Vivian Maier is one of the most prolific and distinctive American photographers of the mid to late twentieth century...
Camilla Koffler was a pioneer of animal photography. She changed her name to Ylla after finding out that Camilla in Serbian means ‘camel’....
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...
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