From Agnès to Ylla, explore the archive of Legacy 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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From assignments for Life and Time Magazine, Gisèle Freund is most well-known for her candid portraits of literary greats and artists...
Gisele Wulfsohn's work was celebrated for highlighting poverty, HIV/AIDS and the apartheid in South Africa....
Grace Robertson OBE (1930 – 2021) was a leading British photojournalist who highlighted the stories of ordinary women....
A pioneer of photography and installation art, Helen Chadwick (1953-1996) was one of the first women to be nominated for the Turner Prize....
Pioneers of industrial architecture photography, Hilla Becher (1931 - 2015) with partner Bernd, were known for their black and white typology photography....
Not only was Homai Vyarawalla India’s first female photojournalist but her career documented the overthrow of British colonial rule...
Ida Kar was a woman of many origins who became most well-known for her portraits of London artistic circles, becoming the ‘Bohemian Photographer’....
Austrian photographer Inge Morath left Nazi Germany to America to become an editor and then as assistant to Henry Cartier-Bresson....
Austrian visual artist and photographer who focused primarily on conceptual art as a form of narrative expression....
In 1949 Jane Bown (1925–2014) began working for The Observer newspaper. It was a partnership that would last over 60 years and lead to her photographing the leading political, cultural and royal figures of the day....
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