Why our Focus on Women in Photography? Introduction Along with other organisations, Hundred Heroines recognised the need to increase public awareness of the contribution that women have made - and continue to make - to the visual arts, particularly photography. The next section illustrates the gender disparity in the visual arts in…
With her camera, Tina Modotti presents a distinctive vision of 1920s Mexico. As a Hollywood actress turned Comintern agent, Modotti used photography as an artistic and political outlet.