Eine feministische Geschichte der Fotografie
Porträtiert 50 Fotografinnen, ihre Werke und Techniken
Kombiniert Biografisches mit praktischen Tipps
Entdecken Sie 50 wegweisende und teilweise unbekanntere Fotografinnen und erfahren Sie, wie Sie ihre Stile und Techniken in Ihre eigene Fotografie einfließen lassen können. Die hier proträtierten Frauen, die oft im Schatten ihrer männlichen Kollegen standen, entwickelten neue Techniken, kreierten ihren eigenen Stil und hielten thematisch alles von Krieg bis Mode fest. Von den frühen Pionierinnen bis hin zu den Fotografinnen der Gegenwart haben diese Frauen den Weg für künftige Generationen geebnet und sie inspiriert vielleicht auch Sie?
Mit Fotografinnen wie Anna Atkinson, Berenice Abbott, Lee Miller, Claude Cahun, Cindy Sherman, Shirin Neshat, uvm.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Anna Atkins I English I 1799-1871 I Cyanotypes I Botanist Who Merged Science and Art
Julia Margaret Cameron I British I 1815-1879 I Portraiture I Romantic Portraitist Who Was Ahead of Her Time
Lady Clementina Hawarden I British I 1822-65 I Portraiture I Pioneering Amateur Photographer Who Made Enigmatic Portraits of her Daughters Using Mirrors / Victorian Photographer Fascinated by Double Images
Catharine Weed Barnes Ward I American I 1851-1913 I Documentary I Champion of Women Photographers
Gertrude Käsebier I American I 1852-1934 I Portraiture I Advocate of Pictorialism
Frances Benjamin Johnston I American I 1864-1952 I Press Photography I Pioneer for Women in Photography
Alice Austen I American I 1866-1952 I Documentary/Portraiture I Challenger of Victorian Convention / Early Photography Trailblazer
Anne Brigman I American I 1869-1950 I Nude Self-Portraits I Boundary Pusher and Early Feminist
Imogen Cunningham I American I 1883-1976 I Portraiture/Still Life I Giant of Twentieth Century Art Photography
Karimeh Abbud I Palestinian I 1893-1955 I Portraiture I First Professional Arab and Palestinian Female Photographer
Madame Yevonde I English I 1893-1975 I Portraiture/Still Life I Embraced Colour Photography When Others Thought it Frivolous
Florence Henri I American-born Swiss I 1893-1982 I Abstract I Bauhaus Queen with an Eye for the Surreal [Who Ushered Conceptual Photography in New Directions]
Claude Cahun I French I 1894-1954 I Self-Portraiture I Masterful Surrealist Photographer and Explorer of Gender Identity
Consuelo Kanaga I American I 1894-1978 I Documentary/Portraiture I Advocate for the Rights of African Americans Who Saw Beauty in the Everyday
Berenice Abbott I American I 1898-1991 I Documentary/ [Portraiture/Architecture/Scientific Photography] I Forward-thinking Photographer Who Captured the Changing Character of Twentieth Century New York
Ilse Bing I German I 1899-1998 I Avant-Garde I Queen of the Leica and Leading Modernist Photographer
Barbara MorganI American I 1900-1992 I Dance Photography/Abstract I Recorder of Movement in Photography
Zofia Rydet I Polish I 1911-1997 I Portraiture I Sought to Photograph Every Household in Poland
Homai Vyarawalla I Indian I 1913-2012 I Photojournalism I India's First Woman Photojournalist
Tsuneko Sasamoto I Japanese I 1914-2022 I Photojournalism I Japan's First Female Photojournalist
Diane Arbus I American I 1923-1971 I Documentary/Portraiture I Photographer Whose Bold Approach Helped Elevate Photography to the Realm of Art
Sabine Weiss I Swiss-French I 1924-2021 I Documentary I Captured Humanity on the Streets of Paris
Vivian Maier I American I 1926-2009 I Street Photography I Prolific Street Photographer Whose Work was Discovered After Her Death
Doris Derby I American I 1939-2022 I Documentary I Civil Rights Chronicler and Activist
Paz Errázuriz I Chilean I Born 1944 I 78 at the time of writing [Born 2/2/44] I Documentary I Photographer Who Used Her Camera to Defy a Dictatorship
Ming Smith I American I Born 1950 I Age [check DoB] I Documentary/Portraiture I Photographer Who Shone a Light on the Humanity of African Americans
Sally Mann I American I Born 1951 I 71 at the time of writing [Born 1/5/51] I Portraiture I Photographer of the American South Best Known for Photographing Her Children
Carrie Mae Weems I American I Born 1953 I 69 at the time of writing [Born 20/4/53] I Art Photography/Mixed Media I Artist Who Looks Back to Look Forward
Ingrid Pollard I British I Born 1953 I Age [check DoB] I Art Photography/Mixed Media [Portraiture/Landscape] I Artist Who Challenges Notions of Englishness and Social Constructs
Cindy Sherman I American I Born 1954 I 69 at the time of writing [Born 19/1/54] I Self-Portraiture I Grande Dame of Self-Portraiture Who Turned the Genre on Its Head
Pushpamala N. I Indian I Born 1956 I Age [check DoB] I Performance/Art Photography I Pioneer of Conceptual Art in India
Shirin Neshat I Iranian I Born 1957 I 65 at the time of writing [Born 26/3/57] I Art Photography/Mixed Media I Freedom Fighter Who Uses Art as a Weapon [Against the Oppression of Islamic Women]
Francesca Woodman I American I 1958-1981 I Self-Portraiture I Genius Whose Life and Work is Shrouded in Mystery
Maud Sulter I Scottish I 1960-2008 I Portraiture/Mixed Media/Art Photography I Artist Who Put Black Women Back in the Centre of the Frame
Lorna Simpson I American I Born 1960 I 62 at the time of writing [Born 13/8/60] I Art Photography/Mixed Media I Artist Who Explores What It Means to be Black and Female
Vera Lutter I German I Born 1960 I Age [check DoB] I Architecture/Landscape/Art Photography I Camera Obscura Doyenne
Liz Johnson Artur I Ghanaian-Russian I Born 1964 I Age [check DoB] I Documentary/Portraiture / Photographer Who Trains Her Lens on Daily Life in the African Diaspora
Anja Niedringhaus I German I 1965-2014 I Photojournalism I Photographer Who Captured the Humanity in Atrocity
Ami Vitale I American I Born 1971 I Age [check DoB] I Documentary I Influential Conservation Photographer
Zanele Muholi I South African I Born 1972 I 50 at the time of writing [Born 19/8/72] I Documentary/Portraiture I Activist Putting South Africa's LGBTQIA+ Communities in the History Books
Viviane Sassen I Dutch I Born 1972 I 50 at the time of writing [Born 5/7/72] I Fashion/Art I Master of Shadow, Form and Colour Whose Work has Surreal Undertones
Lynsey Addario I American I Born 1973 I 49 at the time of writing [Born 13/11/73] I Photojournalism I Force of Nature Who Photographs Conflict and Humanitarian Crises
Aïda Muluneh I Ethiopian I Born 1974 I Age [check DoB] I Portraiture/Art I Champion of Photography as a Tool for Change
Joana Choumali I Ivorian I Born 1974 I Age [check DoB] I Conceptual Portraits/Mixed Media/Documentary/Art I Embroiderer of Photographs
LaToya Ruby Frazier I American I Born 1982 I Age [check DoB] I Portraiture/Documentary I Photographer Who Blurs the Line Between Social Document and Self-Portrait
Poulomi Basu I Indian I Born 1983 I Age [check DoB] I Documentary/Mixed Media/Art I Transmedia Artist and Activist Pushing the Boundaries of Visual Storytelling
Laia Abril I Spanish I Born 1986 I Age [check DoB] I Documentary/Mixed Media I Ground-breaking Multiplatform Storyteller Challenging Conversations Around Misogyny
Rahima Gambo I Nigerian I Born 1986 I Age [check DoB] I Mixed Media/Documentary/Art Photography I Multimedia Artist Shaking Up Traditional Approaches to Storytelling
Nadine Ijewere I British I 1992 I Age [check DoB] I Fashion I First Black Female Photographer to Shoot a Vogue Cover
Sarah Waiswa I Ugandan I Born ? I Age [check DoB] I Documentary/Portraiture I Photographer Championing the Voices of African Women Photographers
