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Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971), American photojournalist, war correspondent and Fortune and LIFE magazine photographer who covered events from the Great Depression, through WW2 to the Cold War

Gabby Kynoch20th March 2022

School Activities

This task is to inspire creativity and story-telling. It is also designed to generate conversation around immigration and empathy. Students should work in collaborative groups to create exciting stories while encouraging good presentation skills.

PlanetHeroines17th March 2022

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Mari Batashevski IG Take-Over

Our second Instagram take over of 2022 celebrates the work of Heroine Mari Batashevski starting from March 28, 2022

Gabby Kynoch16th March 2022

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Magnum marks 75 years with the first of three print sales

Prints by Contemporary Heroines Newsha Tavakolian, Lua Ribeira, Cristina de Middel & Susan Meiselas and two Historical Heroines Inge Morath & Eve Arnold go on sale to celebrate Magnum's 75 anniversary

Gabby Kynoch14th March 2022

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Martha Holmes

Martha Holmes (1923-2006) was one of LIFE Magazine’s pioneering women photographers of the 1940s and 1950s.

Gabby Kynoch11th March 2022

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Nina Leen

Nina Leen (1914-1995) was one of LIFE Magazine’s pioneering female photographers of the 1940s and 1950s

Gabby Kynoch11th March 2022

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Marie Hansen

Marie Hansen (1918 – 1969) was one of LIFE Magazine’s pioneering female photographers of the 1940s and 1950s.

Gabby Kynoch11th March 2022

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Pictures for Purpose are back, this time in support of Ukraine

The art organisation is back in it’s third iteration with work from Contemporary Heroines Rineke Dijkstra, Awoiska van der Molen and Yushi Li

Gabby Kynoch11th March 2022

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Facing Britain: British Documentary Photography since the 1960s

Heroines Anna Fox, Dr Yan Wang Preston, Markéta Luskačová and Tish Murtha feature in an exhibition touring Europe

Gabby Kynoch10th March 2022

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10 of my favourite female Bauhaus-trained photographers

Explore 10 female photographers who studied at the Bauhaus’s campuses in Dessau and Weimar, before the schools were closed at the onset of the Second World War

Gabby Kynoch8th March 2022