Images attributed to Constance Talbot, the wife of the English photography pioneer, William Henry Fox Talbot, are on display in Paris in a large-scale, two-venue exhibition on female photographers, along with images by Christina Broom, who documented the Suffragette movement, and Calcutta-born Julia Margaret Cameron, who was known for her experimental portraits of family and friends.
“This is the first time that female practitioners—French and British—are the subject of research and an exhibition here,” says the exhibition’s co-curator Thomas Galifot. The Musée de l’Orangerie focuses on the period from 1839 to 1919, and includes work by US photographers, including Alice Austen and Frances Benjamin Johnston, one of the first female photojournalists in the US.
The show continues at the Musée d’Orsay, where work dating from 1918 to 1945 will be on display. The curator of this section, Marie Robert, examines how women moved into fields traditionally dominated by men such as fashion and advertising photography.
• Who Is Afraid of Women Photographers? 1839-1945 runs from 14 October to 24 January 2016.
