Auxier Collection: 19th Century Women Photographers

Many thanks to Matthew Auxier who reached out recently to share an album of his collection of photos that were taken by 19th century women photographers. With Matthew’s permission, I am sharing this link to […]

Getting to know Mrs. Luther Derwent

Today we’ll learn more about the photographer Emma Derwent, aka Mrs. Luther Derwent, the photographer from the last post. It seems that in the newspaper and elswhere she most often goes by “Mrs. Luther Derwent” […]

A musically-inspired search for the ©ED

I recently watched the Great Performances broadcast (available for free online here ) of the Broadway musical Suffs. The musical centers on the career of suffragist Alice Paul, mostly focusing on the period 1913-1920, the […]

Going on an EWAP “Deep Dive”

1926 ad for studio that appeared in Oakland Tribune newspaper on November 17, 1926.

On this, the 9th anniversary of this website, I want to invite you along on the journey of what can typically happen when Chris and I do the research on Early Women Photographers (EWAPs). We […]

Early PICT: “… in Natural Home Atmosphere”

Photo by K. Enders, published in Hartford Courant, January 7, 1923

Today let me introduce you to an Early PICT from Hatford, CT, Katherine Lee Enders. She’s a a photographer profiled in the Hartford Courant newspaper in 1923, a piece that was headlined as follows:

Upcoming: a Free Virtual Event

Hi everybody. I have been woefully remiss in posting this month as I prepare for two invited talks I will be giving in March. Today I wanted to share that first talk is coming up […]

Impromptu Memory Lane

overall intro blog post I was recently asked to provide an introduction to my some of my older posts and podcasts about early women photographers, and that provided me a chance to take a look […]

Early PICT – Mrs. Clara Barton Drew – Part 2

In today’s post, we continue our story about the life and career of Mrs. Clara Barton Drew, a photographer in Ansonia, Connecticut in the early 20th century. Here’s a quick summary of the information in […]