Austrian photographer Inge Morath left Nazi Germany to America to become an editor and then as assistant to Henry Cartier-Bresson.
Gabby Kynoch22nd December 2020
Neeta Madahar, Anna with Magnolias, Flora, 2009-2010 © Neeta Madahar Flora – Neeta Madahar Neeta Madahar’s 2009-10 series Flora is a fascinating exploration of femininity, empowerment, and performance, presenting carefully planned sets and costumes that are simultaneously exposed for their artifice. Neeta’s work was largely inspired by Madame Yevonde’s 1935 series Goddesses,…
Becky Handley22nd December 2020
In a series between photographer and community, LaToya Ruby Frazier explores the fallout of a factory’s closure in her series ‘The Last Cruze’.
Becky Handley20th December 2020
German photographer Ruth Bernhard studied at the Berlin Academy of Art. In 1927, she relocated to New York to begin a career in commercial photography.
Becky Handley20th December 2020
Hundred Heroines' Projects Manager, Vanessa Ansa, shares her essay on the sounds of Carrie Mae Weems' kitchen
Del Barrett20th December 2020
Cecilia Glaisher, Ferns, 1850s, © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Cecilia Glaisher 1828-1892 British Photographer From an early age, Cecilia Glaisher was involved in the scientific community, with her father being the assistant at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. Not much is known about her life before she married, but it’s thought she…
Becky Handley8th December 2020
Imogen Cunningham, The Unmade Bed, 1957, © Imogen Cunningham Trust www.imogencunningham.com Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) American photographer One of the first professional female photographers in the US and the most experimental and independent, Imogen Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon. She was inspired to become a photographer by the great portraitist Gertrude Kasebier…
Becky Handley5th December 2020
Reproduction of Jo Spence's BA thesis. Written in 1982, this landmark thesis aimed to untangle interconnected gender and class oppressions in historic fairy tales.
Becky Handley2nd December 2020
From admiring Life magazine to shooting the cover, Esther Bubley was a prolific freelance photographer during the golden age of American documentary photography. Becoming one of the first women to be able to financially support herself from her career.
Becky Handley29th November 2020
Palestinian photographer, born in Bethlehem, later moved to Jerusalem, and died in Nazareth.She was unknown to historians or photographers, until 2007.
Becky Handley22nd November 2020
