"The way we view the world depends upon the people we choose to show it to us."
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"The way we view the world depends upon the people we choose to show it to us."
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In yet another roundup of must-have photobooks, we look at the contribution of women photographers, who left an indelible mark on the medium. However, despite what they brought to the table, their insights and experiences have not been appreciated or understood enough.
"I feel the work I do definitely is categorized as art," says photographer Carianne Older to the Phoblographer in an interview. "I am taking timeless photos for people that will live forever. A lot of people out there are just taking iPhone photos or videos for the sake of content.
"I don't want to buy something that I'll use for a week, and then it'll just sit on my shelf in my room, you know?" That's what a local barista told me today before I was writing this article. She's very interested in Fujifilm cameras, and she's seen what I bring into the shop before.
"1. "I'm really pleased to say that I have seen a substantial uptick in women's self-made leadership roles in the film photography community since beginning my career," says photographer Nicole Taylor DeWitt, who runs Hi Desert Film lab.
Women are notoriously left out of history — and the long and storied history of photography is no exception. But, if we’re going to push back on being excluded from history, that pushback needs to start as history is being learned.
"I had no excuse and I wanted to make her proud," says North Carolina photojournalist Khadejeh Nikouyeh. Referencing the touching moment she remembered her late mother and signed up for a college photojournalism program, she remembers the sacrifices her parents made for her.
"My intention is to get the viewer interested in what the model is thinking," says Dorota Gorecka of Poland when I ask her what gets people so engrossed in her portraits of women. She began playing with photography equipment in the unused studio at the advertising agency she worked at.