From Tokiwa Toyoko’s images of women working in the 1950s to Ushioda Tokuko’s domestic portraits, women artists have played a pivotal role in shaping the medium’s history in Japan.
Tokuko Ushioda and Rinko Kawauchi make photographs to slow the passage of time, venerating the subtle textures of day-to-day living.
From Wendy Red Star’s feminist, Indigenous perspectives to Kelli Connell’s reconsideration of Edward Weston, here are must-read titles that chronicle the impact of women artists.
The curator Marie Meyerding speaks about a group exhibition of photographers who exposed the effects of race, gender, and class on everyday life.
From Justine Kurland’s imagined runaways to Wendy Red Star’s feminist, Indigenous perspective, here are essential titles by today’s leading artists.
Gender inequality is particularly notorious in photography. An exhibition at ICP asks how far the storied agency can evolve in supporting new perspectives.
An artist, muse, fearless war correspondent, and professional chef, Miller looked at the world with a flair for drama—and an eye for the unexpected.
Women have made some of the most radical accomplishments in nonconventional image making. Can working against the grain be an act of defiance?
An exhibition at MoMA shows how women photographers have always demanded a seat at the table.
The pioneering photographer speaks about the evolution of her career—and how she negotiated a field dominated by men.
A major exhibition shows how women photographers pictured themselves as they wished to be seen, both behind and before the camera.
Celebrate Women’s History Month with 14 must-read articles and interviews that chronicle the impact of women artists, from the dawn of photography to today.
From seminal first monographs by Diane Arbus and Nan Goldin to modern classics by Deana Lawson, Rinko Kawauchi and more.
From Gerda Taro to Susan Meiselas, a new book examines the ways eight women have expanded the field of war photography.
An exhibition explores how women photographers are upending gendered views of the landscape—and reveling in the sublime.
Why Anna Atkins deserves her place in the pantheon of great photographers.
Are we living in a state of emergency feminism?
A former Riot Girrl, Becca Albee’s photography unpacks the politics of color.
Aperture’s fall issue, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Deana Lawson, one of the most compelling photographers working today.
