Bouveresse, Clara

With the rise of feminism, women photographers conquered the mainstream, with an increasingly commodified art world now viewing them simply as photographers and not merely a novelty or subcategory. Some...

Women began working as photographers in the second half of the 19th century, a time when the rules of the medium had not yet been codified and experimentation was the...

As global tensions rose and the Second World War began, many women photographers found themselves under threat or forced into exile. Others worked as war reporters or documented the aftermath...