Photography, a feminist history: gender rights and gender roles on both sides of the camera

Abstract

"In ten thematic, chronological sections, Tate Modern curator Emma Lewis explores the vital role women artists have played in shaping the ever-evolving medium of photography. Lewis has compiled work from more than 200 different women and nonbinary photographers along with short essays on 75 different artists, many informed by her interviews with the subjects. From the studio portraiture of the late nineteenth century to the photojournalism of Dorothea Lange and Lee Miller in the early twentieth--and from second-wave feminist critiques of gender roles to contemporary selfies and social media personae--this volume examines different genres, styles, and approaches to photography from the 1800s to the present."--Amazon.

Contents

Introduction: whose stories are we telling? -- In and out of the studio: early professionals and amateurs -- Avant-gardes: modernity and the "new woman" -- On the street: documentary and reportage in the "Golden Age" and beyond -- Communities: portraits of private and social lives -- Performing femininity: the body, the camera and the gaze -- Activism: consciousness-raising and agitating for change -- Being seen: (in)visibility and representation -- Changing landscapes: myth, memory and the climate emergency -- Herstories: the family album and the photographic archive -- Networked bodies: social photos and online spaces.