Book review: Women Photographers: From Julia Margaret Cameron to Cindy Sherman, Boris FriedwaldThe Female in Focus award, created in 2019 by 1854 Media, publisher of the British Journal of Photography, pointed out that only 15% of photographers are women despite 80% of photography graduates being female. So, a reconsideration of Women Photographers: From Julia Margaret Cameron to Cindy Sherman, republished in 2018 seemed appropriate to get a sense of the significant contribution of women to photography. In the introduction to this book, Boris Friedwald acknowledges that the list is incomplete. Book review, photographers |
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