Background information
"This anthology, Frauen sehen Frauen / Women see Women', edited by Klaus Schirmer and published for the first time in 2001, is dedicated to images of women. It begins with photographs of the two great photographers of the 19th century, Clementina Lady HAWARDEN and Julia Margaret CAMERON, and continues over a period of more than 100 years to the present - via Lotte JACOBI, Germaine KRULL, Dorothea LANGE, Gisèle FREUND, Dora MAAR to Annie Leibovitz, Rineke DIJKSTRA and Inez van LAMSWEERDE.
Content
Around ninety women photographers provide answers in around 160 pictures to the question of whether there is such a thing as the 'female gaze' in photography, whether women photographers actually see women differently from their male colleagues. The focus is on the four major subject areas of the respective social reality, the family, the female body and virtual reality with its diverse images from art, literature, fashion, dance and film. Elisabeth Bronfen, professor at the English Department of the University of Zurich, explores the complex question of a genealogy of the female point of view in her introductory text. Short biographies of all photographers gathered in this volume make our anthology a brand new visual reference work in times of gender debates and MeToo. "(Schimrer / Mosel Verlag, 2020)
Participating photographers (in alphabetical order)
Berenice ABBOTT, Lola ALVAREZ BRAVO, Rogi ANDRÉ, Diane ARBUS, Eve ARNOLD, Atelier Elvira, Ellen AUERBACH, Vanessa BEECROFT, Ruth BERNHARD, Aenne BIERMANN, Lilian BIRNBAUM, Margaret BOURKE-WHITE, Steffi BRANDL, Marianne BRESLAUER, Claude Margaret CAMERON, Elisabetta CATALANO, Yvonne CHEVALIER, Imogen CUNNINGHAM, Louise DAHL-WOLFE, Minya DIEZ-DÜHRKOOP, Rineke DIJKSTRA, Zoe DOMINIC, Jayne FINCHER, Trude FLEISCHMANN, Martine FRANCK, GisèleARDING FREUND, Trude FLORCEKAIR HENRI, Hannah HÖCH, Dora HOROVITZ, Vera ISLER, Dominique ISSERMANN, Lotte JACOBI, Sarah JONES, Gertrude KÄSEBIER, Ursula KAUFMANN, Barbara KLEMM, Ute KLOPHAUS, Annelise KRETSCHMER, Germaine KRULL, Brigitte LACOMBE, Inez van LAMSWEGE , Annie LEIBOWITZ, Helen LEVITT, Ruth Harriet LOUISE, Ingeborg LUDOWICI, Dora MAAR, Madame D'ORA, Madame YEVONDE, Sally MANN, Mary Ellen MARK, Margarethe MATHERm Linda McCARTNEY, Frances McLAUGHLIN-GILL, Susa n MEISELAS, Lee MILLER, Lisette MODEL, Tina MODOTTI, Lucia MOHOLY, Sarah MOON, Inge MORATH, Barbara MORGAN, Nelly, Isolde OHLBAUM, Meret OPPENHEIM, Bettina RHEIMS, Sophy RICKETT, Leni RIEFENSTAHL, RINGL + PIT, Charlotte RUDOLPHAT, Charlotte RUDOLPHAT , Nina SCHMITZ, Eva SERENY, Marilyn SILVERSTONE, Vanina SORRENTI, Liselotte STRELOW, Karins SZEKESSY, Joyce TENNESON, Deborah TURBEVILLE, Ellen von UNWERTH, Donata WENDERS, Dorothy WILDING, Francesca WOODMAN, Wanda WULZ
Photo books by and with the participation of the photographers involved here
- ABBOTT, Berenice
ALVAREZ BRAVO, Lola
ARBUS, Diane
ARNOLD, Eve
AUERBACH, Ellen
BEECROFT, Vanessa
BERNHARD, Ruth
BIERMANN, Aenne
BIRNBAUM, Lilian
BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret
BRESLAUER, Marianne
CAHUN, Claude
CAMERON, Julia Margaret
CUNNINGHAM, Imogen
DIJKSTRA, Rineke
FLEISCHMANN, Trude
FRANCK, Martine
FREUND, Gisèle
HANZLOVÁ, Jitka
Hawarden, Clementina Lady
HENRI, Florence
HÖCH, Hannah
JACOBI, Lotte
KLEMM, Barbara
KRETSCHMER, Annelise
KRULL, Germaine
LACOMBE, Brigitte
LAMSWEERDE, Inez van
LANGE, Dorothea
LEIBOWITZ, Annie
LEVITT, Helen
MAAR, Dora
MANN, Sally
MARK, Mary Ellen
McCARTNEY, Linda
MEISELAS, Susan
MILLER, Lee
MODEL, Lisette
MODOTTI, Tina
MOHOLY, Lucia
MOON, Sarah
MORATH, Inge
OHLBAUM, Isolde
RHEIMS, Bettina
RICKETT, Sophy
RIEFENSTAHL, Leni
RINGL + PIT
SARFATI, Lise
STRELOW, Liselotte
SZEKESSY, Karin
TURBEVILLE, Deborah
UNWERTH, Ellen von
WENDERS, Donata
WOODMAN, Francesca