Women Photographers are Dangerous

Laure Adler is a journalist, writer and historian, specialised in women studies and feminism during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She contributed to Dangerous Women: The Perils of Muses and Femmes Fatales (Flammarion, 2010) and authored numerous essays and books including Marguerite Duras: A Life (Phoenix, 2001), whose French edition was awarded the Prix Femina. Clara Bouveresse is a photography historian with a PhD in art history.

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"""A new book highlights the extraordinary work of over 60 women photographers from the 19th century to the present day. Women Photographers Are Dangerous, which will be published by ACC Art Books on September 5, brings together 100 historically significant photographs taken by women photographers, including work by Eve Arnold, Vivian Maier, and Anne Atkins.""""Many of the photographers featured in Women Photographers Are Dangerous worked in areas that required them to challenge established conventions and take risks. This book presents their work across different periods and fields, highlighting the varied roles women have played in the history of photography.""""Written and compiled by historians Laure Adler and Clara Bouveresse, Women Photographers Are Dangerous seeks to bring greater recognition to these photographers and their work.""" - PetaPixel