Luce Lebart/Marie Robert - A World History of Women Photographers

This book, illustrated with 450 images, presents the works of 300 women photographers from around the world, from the invention of the medium to the dawn of the 21st century. Few of them have survived, disappearing from the narrative of creation in favor of the "great masters."
The erasure of women in the history of photography results from a long tradition of discredit. Original and autonomous creators, they nevertheless never stopped documenting, questioning, and transfiguring the world, demonstrating that the camera can be a fantastic tool for emancipation. No experiment or upheaval of the ^19th and ^20th centuries escaped them. To restore the diversity of the careers of these women photographers, Luce Lebart and Marie Robert invited 160 authors from different parts of the globe to contribute to this manifesto.

The research led by Marie Robert and Luce Lebart was carried out with the support of the Rencontres d'Arles and Women In Motion, a Kering program that highlights the place of women in arts and culture.

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