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This splendidly produced book is the first published history of Australian women photogrphers. It reveals the remarkable number of talented women photographers, both amateur and professional, whose excellent work had, until recently, remained virtually unrecognised. Women such as Bernice Agar, Ruth Hollick, May and Mina Moore, and others of their ilk, who were some of the leading photographers of their day, are here given the prominence they deserve. Australian Women Photographers began with the authors' research for their exhibition of that name which toured Australia in 1981-82. The book positions the women's work within the framework of the cultural and social developments of the times in which they lived. As welll as providing the women with professional employment, the camera also gave them an additional role as recorders of domestic history. In the forty-five biographies in this book the authors describe the varied and often exciting activities undertaken by these women. Led by their cameras, women photographers adventured into fields hitherto unexplored by women. They travelled widely, frequently alone, and chronicled places and events which had previously been the province

Author

Hall, Barbara.

Publisher

Greenhouse, 1986.

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780864360397

Subjects

Photography, History, Arts