Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy of Light

Breaking new ground, Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy of Light focuses on the images, lives and stories of women photographers – artists who have been consistently underrepresented or excluded from the photographic histories. Drawing exclusively from the NGV’s collection, this beautifully illustrated publication brings together an extraordinary range of photographs and photo books spanning the pivotal period from 1900 to 1975.

From images created by women of suffragettes at the turn of the twentieth century, through to documentary work of the women’s liberation movement in the 1970s, this book explores the artistic developments of women photographers in the context of social, political and cultural events.