Women Photographers

View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
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From the Vault: Rineke Dijkstra

Posted: August 16, 2010
Category: Women Photographers
Dutch photographer and video-artist Rineke Dijkstra is well known for her intense and intimate approach to portraiture. Her work, typically executed in a serial format, is predicated on people in...
A light-skinned person wearing a black and white striped bathing suit standing at the beach with their back turned towards the ocean. Their long dark hair is blowing in the wind and their arms are held straight at their sides.

From the Vault: Lola Álvarez Bravo

Posted: March 24, 2010
Category: Women Photographers
Learn more about Mexican artist Lola Álvarez Bravo (1907-1993), whose work De Generación en Generación (1950) is featured in the NMWA collection.
Black-and-white photograph of a woman wearing a dark skirt and light blouse holding a child. The woman faces back and her dark braid reaches past her waist. The dark-haired child stares at the camera and wears a white embroidered dress. Other figures are slightly visible beyond.

Artist Spotlight: Interview with Maggie Foskett

Posted: September 18, 2009
Category: Women Photographers
Maggie Foskett (American, b.1919) would not have you call her a “nature artist;” nor is she a romantic about humanity’s relationship with the natural world.