Main entry:

Rosenblum, Naomi.

Title & Author:

A history of women photographers / Naomi Rosenblum.

Edition:

Second edition, updated and expanded.

Publication:

New York : Abbeville Press, 2000.

Description:

400 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-388) and index.
At the beginning, 1839--90 -- Not just for fun: Women become professionals, 1880--1915 -- Portraiture, 1890--1915 -- Art and recreation: pleasures of the amateur, 1890--1920 -- Photography between the wars: Europe, 1920--40 -- Photography between the wars: North America, 1920--40 -- Photography as information, 1940--2000 -- Feminist vision, 1970--95 -- Photography as art, 1940--2000 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Biographies -- Jain Kelly -- Selected bibliography -- Peter E. Palmquist -- Index.

Summary:

The addition of 18 new images, three final chapters, & an updated, expanded bibliography & biographies enhance this comprehensive, pioneering history of women's accomplishments in photography. Annotation. Women have made vital contributions to photography both as a profession and as an art form from the very beginning. In every aspect of the medium -- portraiture, social and scientific documentation, advertising, photo-journalism, personal expression -- women have been highly active creators. Yet their achievements have often been overlooked and occasionally even credited to their male spouses or colleagues. With A History of Women Photographers, Dr. Naomi Rosenblum -- author of A World History of Photography -- helps set the record straight. She explores the work of some 250 women photographers, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Tina Modetti, Margaret Bourke-White, and Cindy Sherman. Her ground-breaking work provides an invitingly readable chronicle both of the women's creativity and of the challenging contexts within which they worked. In addition to the illuminating text and striking photographs are densely detailed individual biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography. All of this has made A History of Women Photographers an invaluable resource. The new edition has 2 new color images (replacing two earlier choices) and 15 additional black-and-white images; the final three chapters have been revised and updated, as have the copious bibliography and biographies.

ISBN:

0789206587
9780789206589

Subject:

Women photographers Biography.
Photography History.
Femmes photographes Biographies.
Photographie Histoire.
Photography.
Women photographers.
Fotografie.
Vrouwelijke kunstenaars.

Form/genre:

Reference works.
Biographies.
History.
Ouvrages de référence.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 225905
Call No.: TR145 .R6 2000
Status: Available