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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One of Hungary’s first female professional photographers, Olga Mautner (Máté) studied photography in Germany and Hungary and opened a portrait studio in 1899 at No. 21 Fő utca, Budapest....
Olive Cotton was one of the most important 20th century Australian modernist photographers. Based in Cowra, her pioneering work spanned the 1930s and 40s...
Mary Olive Edis (1876-1955) opened her first studio with sister in Norfolk, UK. She was one of the first women to accepted as a member of the RPS....
PHOTOFAIRS New York, a new contemporary art fair dedicated to photo-based and digital artwork, runs from 8th – 10th September 2023....
By Carol: HSH Princess Marianne of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, known as ‘Manni’, who has died aged 105, made the most of her uniquely aristocratic and glamorous connections across Europe by photographing everyone from Maria Callas to...
The work of Rose Mandel shows a variety of dreamlike, symbolistic and abstract expressionistic images, charged with subtle meanings...
German photographer Ruth Bernhard studied at the Berlin Academy of Art. In 1927, she relocated to New York to begin a career in commercial photography....
Photojournalist Ruth Orkin was voted one of the Top Ten Women Photographers by the Professional Photographers of America in 1959...
Ryu Shima (1823-1900) took what is the earliest known photograph to be created by a Japanese woman in 1864, and it was a wet-plate of Kakoku, her husband....
Shirley Baker (9th July 1932 - 21st September 2014) - pioneering street photographer of post-war Britain. Exhibition at Museum in the Park until 30 March 2025....
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