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Thanks
for your message to FEMINIST.COM.
I am actually a friend of Amy's
(not "Ask Amy" herself), but
I'm responding because I know
more about photography than
she does. I'm writing this off
the top of my head, so I may
not be remembering names and
titles perfectly, but here are
some books to look for:
- A
History of Women Photographers,
by Naomi Rosenblum is a good
general history with a chapter
on feminist photographers
- Camera
Fiends and Kodak Girls, Volumes
I and II, anthology of primary
sources regarding women in
the medium
- A
New History of Photography,
by Micheal Frizot - I haven't
read this yet (except for
the introduction), and it's
not on feminist photographers,
but it looks to me to be a
more sophisticated general
history of photography which
might point you in some interesting
directions.
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An author to keep your eyes
peeled for is Abigail Solomon-Godeau,
who is a feminist theorist
and photo historian who teaches
at UC Santa Barbara.
Also,
there is an anthology of essays
on feminist photography whose
title escapes me. If you also
want to tell me a little more
about your interests, I might
be able to point you to some more
specific texts, or even suggest
some specific photographers to
look at.
Good luck, Elizabeth Birdsall
—Amy
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