Photography a Feminist History

Photography a Feminist History – In 10 thematic and chronological sections, Tate Modern curator Emma Lewis explores the vital role that women artists have played in the ongoing evolution of photography. She has assembled the work of over 200 women and non-binary photographers, as well as short essays on 75 different artists, many of them the result of her interviews with the subjects. From late nineteenth-century studio portraiture to the photojournalism of Dorothea Lange and Lee Miller in the early twentieth century – and from second-wave feminist critiques of gender roles to contemporary selfies and social media personalities – this volume examines different genres, styles and approaches to photography from the 1800s to the present day.