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Celebrating photography and female photographers...their amazing works, and their many sacrifices. All photographs © the photographer.
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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.

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Black-and-white portrait of Maira Erlich. She has short, tightly curled hair and is resting her head thoughtfully on her right hand, fingers touching her temple. She wears a striped sweater over a dark shirt and looks directly at the camera with a calm, slightly wry half-smile. The lighting is soft and even, creating a classic, introspective studio photograph. Neighborhoods throughout the coastal city of Maceió in Brazil are sinking into the ground after decades of rock salt mining. The destruction has displaced tens of thousands of residents like Damião Carlos da Silva, who was forced into temporary housing nearby after losing his home. He finds solace in the precious moments of life, such as this one shared with his pet chick. Close-up portrait of an older man wearing a brown cowboy hat tilted slightly forward. His eyes are gently closed and his weathered face glistens with sweat in the warm sunlight. A small, fluffy chick with mottled brown and black feathers rests tenderly against his cheek and neck, its own eyes closed as if sleeping. The background is softly blurred with hints of green foliage and a warm golden light.
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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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
A black-and-white portrait of photographer Berenice Abbott. She stands indoors beside a large-format view camera mounted on a sturdy tripod, peering intently into the viewfinder as if composing a shot. Dressed in a pleated skirt, jacket, and scarf, with short dark hair and a serious expression, she embodies the focused professionalism of the era. Behind her, a spotlight on a stand illuminates the room, while a fireplace and shelves of books are visible in the background. A dramatic 1933 black-and-white photograph by Berenice Abbott of the New York Stock Exchange building on Wall Street. The massive neoclassical façade with its towering Corinthian columns and sculptural pediment looms upward, framed tightly from a low angle between neighboring skyscrapers. In the foreground, vintage cars and pedestrians in 1930s attire move along the busy street, while American flags hang from the building. The high-contrast image emphasizes the monumental scale and grandeur of the financial landmark against the canyon-like urban street.
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Iconic Images By #India’s First Female Photographer, Homai Vyarawalla. She was born #OTD in 1913.

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Black-and-white portrait of Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first female photojournalist, standing indoors beside a window. She is dressed in a simple short-sleeved blouse and a draped sari, holding a large vintage twin-lens reflex camera, gazing confidently to her right with a slight smile. The soft natural light from the window highlights her poised and determined expression.
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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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

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December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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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.

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Black-and-white 1999 photograph by Sharon Farmer: Rosa Parks, aged 86. She wears glasses, her white hair upswept, her face lit with an exuberant, open-mouthed smile that crinkles her eyes and reveals pure joy. Another woman is to the left of her. A microphone stands close in the foreground, and the overall background is dark.
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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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.

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Black-and-white close-up portrait of Greta Garbo from 1927. She gazes upward with her signature enigmatic expression, lips slightly parted. Her hair is styled in a sleek, shiny 1920s bob, and she wears a shimmering metallic headscarf and scarf that catch the light dramatically. The MGM credit “MGM-772” appears in the lower left corner.
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM