Women on the Front Line: Female War Photographers
Women on the Front Line: Female War Photographers
April 15, 2019
Anja Niedringhaus: Afghan men on a motorcycle overtake Canadian soldiers during a patrol in Panjwaii district; Salavat, Afghanistan, September 2010. Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf © picture alliance / AP Images
War photography is widely believed to be a male-dominated field. However, there is a long history of female photographers reporting from war and crisis zones around the world, fulfilling the exact same role as their male colleagues.
This exhibition presents some 140 works by eight remarkable women photographers. Carolyn Cole (b. 1961), Françoise Demulder (1947–2008), Catherine Leroy (1944–2006), Susan Meiselas (b. 1948), Lee Miller (1907–1977), Anja Niedringhaus (1965–2014), Christine Spengler (b. 1945), and Gerda Taro (1910 –1937).
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Anja Niedringhaus: Afghan men on a motorcycle overtake Canadian soldiers during a patrol in Panjwaii district; Salavat, Afghanistan, September 2010. Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf © picture alliance / AP Images
Gerda Taro: Female Republican militia fighter training on the beach in Barcelona, Spain, August 1936 © International Center of Photography, New York
Susan Meiselas: Traditional Indian dance mask from the town of Monimbó, worn by rebels to conceal their identity during the fight against the Somoza regime; Nicaragua, 1978 © Susan Meiselas / Magnum Photos