Location: Zoom

We will be exploring women in photography: The New Woman Behind The Camera is a current exhibit at The Met.

The New Woman of the 1920s was a powerful expression of modernity, a global phenomenon that embodied an ideal of female empowerment based on real women making revolutionary changes in life and art. Featuring more than 120 photographers from over 20 countries explores the work of the diverse "new" women who embraced photography as a mode of professional and artistic expression from the 1920s through the 1950s.

There is a short video giving a brief video tour of the exhibit. While short, it does give a nice view and insight on several of the women who helped forge the path into a primarily male world.

We are hoping you will enjoy this topic and explore with us more of how women helped advance photography.

1. We will watch the video described above.

2. Then we are hoping some of you would participate by picking one of the women mentioned below (or pick one of your own) and prepare a brief biography (and a photo or two) of how they contributed to the field or shaped the era.

3. bring some of the best photos that were taken by your female friends, wives, grandmothers, mothers, mistresses (just wanted to make sure you are reading this 😉), aunts or daughters

Among the photographers featured are:

• Berenice Abbott

• Ilse Bing

• Lola Álvarez Bravo

• Florestine Perrault Collins

• Imogen Cunningham

• Madame d'Ora

• Florence Henri

• Elizaveta Ignatovich

• Consuelo Kanaga

• Germaine Krull

• Dorothea Lange

• Dora Maar

• Tina Modotti

• Niu Weiyu

• Tsuneko Sasamoto

• Gerda Taro

• Homai Vyarawalla

Our online meetings are limited to paid members, who receive a Zoom link via email each week. If you would like a temporary pass to attend a meeting, contact one of our officers.