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Documentary photographer Sibylle Bergemann was one of the most important German contemporary photographers of the late 20th century, highly celebrated for her social-documentary chronicles of East Berlin & global cultural shifts. She was born #OTD in 1941. #FemalePhotogs #Photography #Germany

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Thank you for founding the Imagination Library and touching & enriching the lives of millions of children around the world. And thank you for your wonderful songs...we will always love you. Goodnight and godspeed, Dolly Parton. 🕯️

Tsuneko Sasamoto: Japan's first female photojournalist. Over >7 decades, she documented Japan’s transition from a pre-war totalitarian state to a post-war economic superpower. She remained an active, working photographer past her 100th birthday & died at age 107. #WorldPhotographyDay #FemalePhotogs

Gerda Taro, the first female war photographer to be killed covering the front lines of combat during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. She was 26. #photography #WarPhotography #FemalePhotogs

Photographer Berenice Abbott was born #OTD in 1898. Known for her shots of NYC's #architecture and urban design in the 1930s. This is a shot of the NY Stock Exchange, 1933, as part of her Changing New York project. Look at that light! 👀 #photography #blackandwhitephotography #art #FemalePhotogs

🧵about one of my favorite photographers, Catherine Leroy. #FemalePhotogs #WarPhotography #photography #photojournalism

Charles Darwin, 1875 by English photographer Julia Margaret Cameron Cameron was one of the most important portraitists of the 19th century, known for her soft-focus close-ups of famous Victorians. She took up #photography at age 48. She was born #OTD in 1815. #PortraitPhotography #FemalePhotogs

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Vivian Maier died #OTD in 2009. She privately took >100,000 photos--only found when her unpaid storage contents were auctioned off. Posthumously, she became one of the 20th century’s greatest street photographers. findingvivianmaier.com #streetphotography #photography #FemalePhotogs

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Helen Levitt has been described as the most celebrated & least known #photographer of her time. She is noted for her street photography of #NYC. Levitt died #OTD in 2009. #WomensHistoryMonth #streetphotography #photography #FemalePhotogs

English botanist & photographer Anna Atkins (b. #OTD in 1799) is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images. Some sources say that she was the first woman to create a photograph. #WomenInSTEM #photography #cyanotype

Photojournalist Dickey Chapelle was the first American female war correspondent to die on the front lines (1965). She covered #WWII, the Korean & Algerian wars, Castro's Cuba, Lebanon & early Vietnam, where she was killed in action. She was born #OTD in 1919. #photography #WomensHistoryMonth

The world was a better place with you in it. Thank you for your courage & your conviction--even after your injury in the attack that killed Marie Colvin in Syria, you never stopped bearing witness. Your loss will be felt profoundly by all who knew you. Goodnight and godspeed, Paul Conroy. 🕯️

Rescue on Pit River Bridge, May 3, 1953 by amateur photographer Virginia (Brown) Schau Schau was the first woman & second amateur to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography (1954). This winning photograph was taken with a Kodak Brownie camera. She was born #OTD in 1915. #photography #FemalePhotogs

Greyhound Bus Station, New York City, 1947 by photographer Esther Bubley Bubly was an American photographer who specialized in expressive photos of ordinary people in their everyday lives. She was born #OTD in 1921. #photography #FemalePhotogs

Rosa Parks, 1999 by Sharon Farmer Farmer made history as the first Black woman White House photographer. Rosa Parks was born #OTD in 1913. #photography #BHM #FemalePhotogs

Vivian Maier was born #OTD in 1926. She privately took >100,000 photos--only found when her unpaid storage contents were auctioned off. Posthumously, she became one of the 20th century’s greatest street photographers. findingvivianmaier.com #streetphotography #photography #FemalePhotogs

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1869 by English photographer Julia Margaret Cameron Cameron was one of the most important portraitists of the 19th century, known for her soft-focus close-ups of famous Victorians. She took up #photography at age 48. She died #OTD in 1879. #PortraitPhotography #FemalePhotogs

Booker T. Washington, c. 1895 by photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston Washington was the founder & first principal of the Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University). Johnston, well-known for her portraits (& rightfully so) was born #OTD in 1864. #photography #FemalePhotogs

Woman of Tehuantepec, 1929 by Tina Modotti (right) Italian photographer Tina Modotti documented the post-revolutionary era in Mexico. She died #OTD in 1942. #photography #FemalePhotogs

Eve Arnold photographed Marilyn Monroe for more than 10 years. Image is Marilyn on the set of The Misfits, 1961. Look at that lighting! Eve Arnold died #OTD in 2012. BBC #documentary "Marilyn Monroe and #Photographer Eve Arnold youtube.com/watch?v=_DPo... #photography #FemalePhotogs

Nancy Astor, c. 1919 by photographer Olive Edis Nancy Astor made history as Britain's first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons. Olive Edis was Britain's first war photographer. She died #OTD in 1955. #photography #FemalePhotogs

L: Self-portrait, 1952 R: Virginia Woolf, 1939 by Gisèle Freund Freund, born #OTD in 1908, did pioneering work in color photojournalism & intimate portraits of literary figures. This is one of the only color photographs of Virginia Woolf & the last professional portrait #photography #FemalePhotogs

Shoulder to Lean On by Maíra Erlich, Brazilian documentary photographer Selected as one of National Geographic's Pictures of the Year for 2025. Caption in alt. www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/... mairaerlich.com #photography #FemalePhotogs

Photographer Berenice Abbott died #OTD in 1991. She is known for her shots of NYC's #architecture and urban design in the 1930s. This is a shot of the NY Stock Exchange, 1933, as part of her Changing New York project. Look at that light! 👀 #photography #blackandwhitephotography #art #FemalePhotogs

Iconic Images By #India’s First Female Photographer, Homai Vyarawalla. She was born #OTD in 1913. thequint.com/photos/iconi... #photography #photojournalism #FemalePhotogs

Through their eyes: Meet the women in Iraq using #photography to create solidarity Iraqi Female Photographers is a collective addressing systemic sexism, a lack of women’s stories and institutional support in the country www.1854.photography/2025/11/iraq... #FemalePhotogs

Rosa Parks, 1999 by Sharon Farmer Farmer made history as the first Black woman White House photographer. #OTD in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, got arrested, and sparked the boycott of the Montgomery bus system. #photography #FemalePhotogs

Greta Garbo, 1927 by Ruth Harriet Louise Louise was the first woman photographer active in Hollywood, where she ran MGM's portrait studio from 1925 to 1930. #photography #portraitphotography #FemalePhotogs

American photojournalist Carol Guzy has won a Pulitzer Prize 4 times--1 of only 5 people to do so (across categories). She was the 1st journalist. One of her photos was included in TIME's Top 100 Photos of 2025 (caption in alt). #photography #immigration www.carolguzy.com/ time.com/7336112/top-...

Pennsylvania Station, New York, 1936 by Berenice Abbott Abbott's "Changing New York" project (and subsequent book, 1939) was a milestone in the history of #photography. #NYC #bnwphotography #architecture