A Podcast
Celebrating women photographers with élan:
Enterprising Ladies,
Adjusting the Negative
with your host, Lee McIntyre
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Did you know that ...
... women started running their own photography studios starting as early as the 1850s?
... the first photographer to take photos of the U.S. president and the U.S. White House was a woman?
... in 1899 the most successful photographer in America was a woman?
If you didn’t know any of that, you’re not alone — it’s actually a common misconception that women didn’t start doing photography seriously until the 20th century. Early women photographers, their lives, accomplishments and works just don’t make it into most of the history books. If they are mentioned at all, they are portrayed as hobbyists or dedicated amateurs at best. But in fact there were intrepid women as early as 1850 doing photography of every kind imaginable, from running workaday portrait studios to documenting landscapes, doing experimental studies, doing photojournalism (before it was even called that!), and more.
As a photography educator and photographer myself, I’ve been excited to discover some remarkable women who launched their careers as professional photographers between 1850-1925. I’ve been researching and lecturing about their compelling works and stories for the past few years and they are the subject of my new podcast, Photographs, Pistols, and Parasols. I’ll introduce you to a photographer and her work each week. The woman we’ll encounter were masters of their craft, photographers who knew their way around a camera — as well as how to brandish the occasional parasol or pistol, but only as needed.
You can subscribe to Photographs, Pistols, and Parasols either via RSS (link at top left) or via iTunes <insert info about iTunes here>. Or, you can listen to the episodes here on the clfoto.net website. All the photos and other materials discussed in each episode will be on that episode’s web page, along with links to more information about the photographer(s) and image(s) discussed.
I hope you'll join me starting in spring 2016 as we discover a group of nearly forgotten enterprising women. I guarantee that once you’ve met them, you’ll find them all to be unforgettable.