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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Elisabeth Meyer (1899 – 1968) was an early Norwegian photojournalist of the 1920s and 30s who documented her daring trips to Iran and India, as well as the local Sami people of Finnmark in her native Norway....
The Irish-heiress turned mountaineering photographer, Elizabeth Le Blond (1860-1934) has not only been credited by being one of the first people to reach many European summits but also as one of the first female filmmakers....
One half of ringl+pit, Jewish photographer Ellen Auerbach (1906-2004) created surreal images and used photography as a means of independence....
Emma Barton (1872–1938) was an English Pictorialist portrait photographer active between 1899 and the end of WW1 and at the height of her fame she was the most published female photographer of her time....
After being gifted a Kodak Brownie, Eva Besnyö went on to open her own photography studio where she continually adapted her style...
Fanny Foster was a British photographer hired to document the 1929-1931 archaeological excavation at the Vinča-Belo Brdo tell in modern-day Serbia...
Florence Henri did not just live through arguably the most exciting period in the history of art – she was at its very frontier...
Florence Vandamm (1883 - 1996) was a portrait photographer who photographed over 2,000 Broadway productions in New York....
Florestine Perrault Collins navigated the social expectations of her race and gender to give visibility to Black women in 1920's New Orleans....
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