Women in Photography Archives

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Bootcamp Part 2

We look forward to welcoming new Bootcampers, who want to learn more about the practical side of photography and participate in the final exhibition about women in rail (either as a photographer or producer). We have a number of workshops and talks with Heroines lined up as well as more visits to…

Del Barrett23rd January 2023

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Pauline Jermyn Trevelyan

An art patron and collector of early photography, Pauline Jermyn Trevelyan (1816-1866) started her own photographic work creating sketches using a camera lucida while travelling Europe with her husband, an aristocrat geologist and botanist.

PlanetHeroines19th January 2023

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Clementina Hawarden

Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822-1865) was a prolific amateur photographer, best known for taking portraits of her daughters

Del Barrett19th January 2023

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Workshop with Jillian Edelstein

Join us for a relaxed and informal practical workshop on portrait making, using nautral light and studio light, under the guidance of Jillian Edelstein. This is also a wonderful opportunity for you to talk to Jillian about her career, and get feedback on your work.

PlanetHeroines11th January 2023

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Ruth Harriet Louise

Ruth Harriet Louise was the first woman to run the MGM portrait studio.

Del Barrett8th January 2023

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Carolee Schneemann

Carolee Schneemann (1939 – 2019) was an experimental visual artist known for her works on the body, sexuality, and gender.

Katherine Riley22nd December 2022

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Margaret Gross Michaelis-Sachs

Margarethe (Margaret) Gross was born in 1902 into a Jewish family in Dzieditz, near Cracow, in what was then Austria (now Poland). Her liberal upbringing led her to studying photography at the Institute of Graphic Arts and Research in Vienna, followed by apprenticeships in some of the leading Viennese studios of the…

PlanetHeroines15th December 2022

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Liselotte Billigheimer Grschebina

Liselotte studied painting and graphic design at her local art academy – Badische Landeskunstschule, Karlsruhe (BLK) – and took up the then–new course in advertising photography at the School of Applied Arts in Stuttgart.

PlanetHeroines13th December 2022