Feminism in Photography

The pioneer of modern feminism photography is considered to be Cindy Sherman, an American photographer and film director. Mainly her works contains contemporary portraits (self portraits) of women and their role in modern society.

Cindy Sherman does not consider her work as feminist but her images state different. Arguing stereotypes and representing women within those frames she's clearly pushing boundaries and expanding the view.

Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still 1978

A lot of her work is her biography. She's an amazing photographer and her being a woman those days made it even bigger achievement, especially as photography at first used to be considered as lower form of art. Like of earlier days British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron was just capturing beauty and very quickly became a member of the Photographic Societies of London and Scotland.

Julia Margaret Cameron, Sadness, 1864

The impact of those women (also many more are worth mentioning) in world of photography is priceless. The world being male dominated was blind to see or value anything created or achieved by women. The strength and courage of women is making this world and everyday life easier also more competitive in a good way. It covers every single step - arts, politics, science, where bright mind, imagination and creativity of women inspire every single one of us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Sherman
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/photography/Cindy-Sherman.html
http://www.sickmansick.co.uk/feminism-in-photography/
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/C/cameron/cameron.html
http://www.shutterstock.com/s/feminism/search.html