Feminism

The study of a photograph is very simple but as soon as a presence of feminism gets involved then this presents a tough challenge as the link between the medium and a political group doesn’t no longer become a simple visual to study. Female photographers in the past have not been as much successful as male photographers, being disregarded for their work and not being recognised for their achievements, meaning not enough females have had their work included in the history of photography. They have struggles to establish themselves on the platform of photography and present their own vision of their views on the world through their work. For a women to be recognised as a serious photographer and be placed in the history books, they have to study closely other women’s photography and how they created the image, what’s the image about and what’s if anything is new about it.

An example of this is the work of Grace Robertson, who has gathered a talent in picture story collaborating of child birth, child rearing and working mothers into the view of the public.

Another female photographer who attempted to defy feminism was Laura mulvey. From 1970s to 1980s made a change in the context and photographic representation in order to develop realistic images of women. An example of this is Hackney’s flashers photography collection which portrayed Women’s invisible labour in London, Hackney.

However now women photographers have made it big and and are being placed into the history of photography such as Cindy Sherman, Annie Leibovitz, Sam Taylor-Wood, Nan Goldin, Eileen Perrier and many more.

• Feminist Visual Culture