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Women photographers. An early woman amateur photographer. Kodak advertisement from 1918. The participation of women in photography goes back to the very origins of the process. Several of the earliest women photographers, most of whom were from Britain or France, were married to male pioneers or had close relationships with their families.
Florence Owens Thompson (born Florence Leona Christie; September 1, 1903 – September 16, 1983) was an American woman who was the subject of Dorothea Lange 's photograph Migrant Mother (1936), considered an iconic image of the Great Depression. The Library of Congress titled the image: "Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven ...
Vera Elkan (1908–2008), remembered for her images of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War; Phumzile Khanyile (born 1991) Constance Stuart Larrabee (1914–2000), South African's first female World War II correspondent, also known for images of South Africa; Carla Liesching (born 1985), visual artist specialising in photography
Anna May Wong a.k.a. Wong Liu Tsong. Wong was the first Chinese American movie star, both in Hollywood and internationally, and the first Asian American woman to receive a star on the Hollywood ...
Here are some of the most notable playmates Hugh Hefner made famous: Jayne Mansfield was Playmate of the Month in June 1963 and was considered a sex symbol in the 50's and 60's. Mansfield was ...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement . [ s 3] Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators at Washington Arsenal. 7 July 1865. Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C., United States. [ s 1] Portrait of Sir John Herschel.
1839. Sarah Anne Bright (1793–1866) produces what is possibly the earliest surviving photographic image taken by a woman. [ 1] Constance Fox Talbot (1811–1880), wife of the inventor Henry Fox Talbot, experiments with the process of photography, possibly becoming the first woman to take a photograph. [ 2]
Lisa Lee Dark, Welsh opera singer and voice actress. Georgiann Davis, U.S. sociology scholar and researcher on intersex issues. Vaginal Davis, U.S. genderqueer performing artist, painter, composer and writer. Fiore de Henriquez (1921–2004), Italian-British sculptor.