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Women Photographers

When I was working, there was more commercial photography work being assigned in a single building in Manhattan than in entire cities anywhere else.
 
So is The Night Watch. The painting was commissioned by rich townspeople to show off their wealth and importance. And from your comment, I can only assume you are not familiar with all of Ms Liebovitz's body of work. Does her portrait of John and Yoko celebrate excess?
 
Pieter12 said:
And how would that be?
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As you can imagine, I have a strong opinion about this, but at this point it would be way outside the scope of this thread (or even the Photrio mission) to dig into why I feel as I do. I will only say that I am a child of that era and my views are rooted in what I watched unfold.
 
The woman photographer who stands out for pure courage is Latizia Battaglia. She took on and photographed members of the Sicilian mafia. She photographed many corpses of people rubbed out by the Mafia. Fantastic pictures of how the Mafia impacted peoples’ lives. Her pictures were used to send Italian the prime minister to prison.
Check out her book: Letizia Battaglia Passion, Justice, Freedom, Photographs of Sicily.
 
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I admired the work of Dickey Cha
pelle who was killed in the Vietnam war, I also like Lee Miller, and Jane Bown.
 
Since no one saluted my suggestion of Bunny Yeager, how about Lillian Bassman? Granted, another parochial New York photographer, but I like her.

The Mistress of the Darkroom – Lillian Bassman

Lillian Bassman (American, June 15, 1917–February 13, 2012) was a photographer, art director, graphic designer and painter best known for her work in fashion
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Lillian Bassman

Photographer Lillian Bassman's work is featured at Jackson Fine Art - a gallery that supports fine art photography including Lillian Bassman photography.
www.jacksonfineart.com
 

Oh yes, I forgot Lilian Bassman she was one of the ladies who's work I really admire, and she was Richard Avedon's mentor at Harper's Bazaar.
 
benjiboy said:
she was Richard Avedon's mentor at Harper's Bazaar
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Can you imagine what it must have been like, to be a young photographer in the Harper’s Bazaar world with Lillian Bassman, Diana Vreeland and Alexey Brodovitch?
 
Ruth Bernhard deserves mention again for both her unusual approach for photographing the female body and for her life. In this image, published on her 90th birthday at an age when she was still giving workshops, she shares the wisdom and enthusiasm that we all should heed.
 
Rolleiflexible said:
Can you imagine what it must have been like, to be a young photographer in the Harper’s Bazaar world with Lillian Bassman, Diana Vreeland and Alexey Brodovitch?
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Did you know that Nicholas Vreeland is the Monk with a Camera. He lived in the same building as Irving Penn and Richard Avedon , I met him a decade ago , showing him work of a Danish Photographer who's work is totally recorded in Tibet.
 

+1 for Bunny.
 
Carnie Bob said:
Did you know that Nicholas Vreeland is the Monk with a Camera. He lived in the same building as Irving Penn and Richard Avedon , I met him a decade ago , showing him work of a Danish Photographer who's work is totally recorded in Tibet.
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I did not! Those were the days when the giants walked the earth. Sic transit gloria mundi.
 
Don't forget Margaret Burke - White who was an amazing woman, an outstanding photographer, and America's first female official war correspondent in WW 2.
 
Alex Benjamin said:
Some of my favorites:

Evelyn Hofer
Latoya Ruby Frazier
Donna Ferrato
Judith Joy Ross
Tish Murtha
Susan Meiselas
Lois Conner
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Adding to my list:

Rebecca Norris Webb
Vanessa Winship
Kelli Connell
Ming Smith
 
I know it's an obscure one but Eudora Welty.
 
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