Photography, a Feminist History : : Gender Rights and Gender Roles on Both Sides of the Camera

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Call Number: 770.82 Le, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Art / Photography / Lewis, Emma
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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First published in the UK in 2021 by Ilex, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
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.
"Whether working in the studio or on the front line, women have contributed to every aspect of photography's short history. For some, gender is front and centre; for others, it's merely incidental. All have been affected by the power structures beyond their camera lenses. Far too many have been, and continue to be, overlooked. Mapping photographic developments against shifting gender rights and roles, Photography: A Feminist History shines a light on how photography has borne witness to women's movements and made the causes for which they fight visible, and how, in turn, different approaches to feminism have given us ways of understanding photographs. Authoritative and international in scope, Photography: A Feminist History features over 140 photographers, with ten thematic essays, and extended profiles on 75 key practitioners, many informed by conversations with the author"--Publisher's description.
"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.

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