A few weeks ago, I went to a concert as a press photographer for WTBU, Boston University’s student-run radio station. I knelt with my back hunched a few feet away from the stage, to be as small as ...

As the market’s appetite for “rediscovered” women artists continues, the photography sector has become a treasure trove for those chasing overlooked talent. With institutions under pressure to ...

If you have visited European and U.S. national museums, you might have noticed that women are noticeably absent from the fine art canon until the 20th century. But as it happens, women have been ...

Photograph by Amy Toensing of Ocean Grove visitors swimming in the Atlantic surf (2001) (courtesy National Geographic: Women of Vision) Since Jodi Cobb joined National Geographic in 1977 as the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Nagashima Yurie, Full-figured, yet not full-term,2001. Courtesy the artist, Maho Kubota ...

On September 19, 2022, three days after Mahsa Amini died after being sent to a “re-education center” by Iran’s morality police for allegedly infringing the country’s strict dress code, photographer ...

As revolutions go, this one got off to a quiet and unassuming start in the early 1970s. It was achieved slowly, one female photographer at a time, each hired by The New York Times for her talent with ...

The pioneers & evolving photographic techniques -- Civil War era -- Family matters -- A visit to a woman's portrait studio -- Outdoors: landscape & archotecture -- The new woman & woman's rights ...