Behind the Camera: American Women Photographers Who Shaped How We See the World

Many chose to avoid or leave behind the comforts of married life at a time when marriage provided the primary source of financial security for a woman. Each of them surmounted the challenges they encountered in order to pursue their dreams. I hope their true stories inspire you, and I invite you to continue documenting and recording whatever is most important in your life through the ever-evolving tool of photography, just as these women did before you.

FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Gertrude Kasebier (1852-1934)
Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952)
Alice Austen (1866-1952)
Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869-1933)
Anne Brigman (1869-1950)
Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870-1942)
Bayard Wootten (1875-1959)
Doris Ulmann (1882-1934)
Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976)
Elise Forrest Harleston (1891-1970)
Laura Gilpin (1891-1979)
Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)
Berenice Abbott (1898-1991)
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971)
Helen Levitt (1913-2009)
Carrie Mae Weems (b. 1953)