Table of Contents

Introduction by Clara Bouveresse • The Photographers: Lee Miller • Marta Hoepffner • Kata Sugár • Gerda Taro • Elfriede Stegemeyer • Virna Haffer • Kati Horna • Lore Krüger • Hansel Mieth • Germaine Chaumel • Toni Frissell • Helen Levitt • Marion Post Wolcott • Ré Soupault • Rebecca Lepkoff • Esther Bubley • Lola Alvarez Bravo • Consuelo Kanaga • Genevieve Naylor • Julia Pirotte • Galina Sankova • Carlotta Corpron • Elsa Thiemann • Lisette Model • Ilse Bing • Rose Mandel • Sandra Weiner • Gita Lenz • Camilla Koffler (Ylla) • Yvonne Chevalier • Ida Wyman • Frances McLaughlin-Gill • Gisèle Freund • Édith Gérin • Grete Stern • Anita Conti • Hélène Hoppenot • Zofia Rydet • Denise Colomb • Vivian Maier • Janine Niépce • Karen Radkai • Sabine Weiss • Louise Dahl-Wolfe • Annemarie Heinrich • Grace Robertson • Marilyn Silverstone • Lillian Bassman • Gertrude Blom • Eve Arnold • Alicia d’Amico • Inge Morath • Alma Ruth Lavenson • Mariana Yampolsky • Ruth Bernhard • Agnès Varda • Judy Dater • Naomi Savage • Catherine Leroy • Abigail Heyman • Wendy Snyder MacNeil • Dorothy Bohm • Nancy Rexroth • Diane Arbus

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Surveys the work of some of the best female photographers of the mid 20th century

About the Author

Clara Bouveresse is a lecturer at Université d'Evry Val d'Essonne and a photography specialist and curator. She co-organized the exhibition 'Magnum Manifesto' at the International Center of Photography, New York, in 2017, and edited the accompanying book, which was published by Thames & Hudson.

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