239 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Berenice Abbott -- Eve Arnold -- Anna Atkins -- Ellen Auerbach -- Jessica Backhaus -- Tina Barney -- Lillian Bassman -- Sibylle Bergemann -- Margaret Bourke-White -- Claude Cahun -- Julia Margaret Cameron -- Imogen Cunningham -- Rineke Dijkstra -- Trude Fleischmann -- Martine Franck -- Gisèle Freund -- Nan Goldin -- Jitka Hanzlová -- Lady Clementina Hawarden -- Florence Henri -- Candida Höfer -- Evelyn Hofer -- Graciela Iturbide -- Lotte Jacobi -- Gertrude Käsebier -- Rinko Kawauchi -- Herlinde Koelbl -- Germaine Krull -- Dorothea Lange -- An-My Lê -- Helen Levitt -- Vera Lutter -- Vivian Maier -- Sally Mann -- Hellen van Meene -- Susan Meiselas -- Lee Miller -- Lisette Model -- Tina Modotti -- Sarah Moon -- Inge Morath -- Zanele Muholi -- Madame d'Ora -- Bettina Rheims -- Viviane Sassen -- Shirana Shahbazi -- Cindy Sherman -- Dayanita Singh -- Rosalind Solomon -- Grete Stern -- Ellen von Unwerth -- JoAnn Verburg -- Carrie Mae Weems -- Francesca Woodman -- Madame Yevonde.
Summary
This introduction to the greatest women photographers from the 19th century to today features the most important works of 60 artists, along with in-depth biographical and critical assessments.