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Hou Bo

Chinese photojournalist Hou Bo (1924 – 2017) documented the rise of Mao Zedong from 1939 to 1968 in over 400 photographs as the official photographer of The Great Leader. She created most of the iconic images of Mao’s reign but fell from favour during the Cultural Revolution and spent years in forced…

Gabby Kynoch31st January 2022

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Julia Diament Pirotte

Polish photojournalist Julia Diament Pirotte (1908 –2000) is known for her work in Marseille during the Second World War, when she documented the French Resistance and life under the occupation from 1940-1945.

Gabby Kynoch6th January 2022

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Marta Hoepffner

Marta Hoepffner (1912–2000) was a German experimental artist and abstract photographer. She was a pioneer of photomontage and the photogram in the 1930s and the kinetic art movement in the 1960s.

Gabby Kynoch4th January 2022

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Toni Frissell

Born into a wealthy New York banking family, legendary photographer Antoinette ‘Toni’ Frissell Bacon (1907 – 1988) was introduced to photography in her twenties by her filmmaker brother Varick.

Gabby Kynoch17th November 2021

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Evelyn Hofer

The German-born American artist Evelyn Hofer (1922-2009) is considered one of the foremost female photographers of the ‘New Objectivity’ style.

Gabby Kynoch24th September 2021

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The Women Photographers of National Geographic

Take a tour of the first women photographers freelancing or employed for the famed publication to the leading photographers today.

Gabby Kynoch22nd September 2021

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Emma Rayson Barton

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.

Gabby Kynoch17th September 2021

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Jane Bown CBE

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.

Gabby Kynoch17th September 2021