What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843–1999, 10×10 Photobooks‘ most recent “book-on-photobooks” anthology in its ongoing examination of photobook history, explores photobooks created by women from photography’s beginnings to the dawn of the 21st century.
Presenting a diverse geographic and ethnic selection, the anthology interprets the concept of the photobook in the broadest sense possible: classic bound books, portfolios, personal albums, unpublished books, zines and scrapbooks. Some of the books documented are well-known publications such as Anna Atkins’ Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions (1843-1853), Germaine Krull’s Métal (1928) and Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph(1972), while other books may be relatively unknown, such as Alice Seeley Harris’ The Camera and the Congo Crime (c. 1906), Varvara Stepanova’s Groznyi smekh. Okna Rosta (1932), Eslanda Cardozo Goode Robeson’s African Journey (1945), Fina Gómez Revenga’s Fotografías de Fina Gómez Revenga (1954), Eiko Yamazawa’s Far and Near (1962) and Gretta Alegre Sarfaty’s Auto-photos: Série transformações—1976: Diário de Uma Mulher—1977 (1978). Also addressed in the publication are the glaring gaps and omissions in current photobook history—in particular, the lack of access, support and funding for photobooks by women of color and non-Western women.
What They Saw : Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843–1999
Publisher: 10×10 Photobooks, NYC
Date of Publication: 2021
Size: 30 high x 24 wide cm (11.75 x 9.5 inches)
Pages: 352
Images: 672
Binding: Softbound with dust jacket, Smith sewn binding
Edition Size: 2000 copies
Weight: 1105 grams (2.5 lbs)
Editors: Russet Lederman and Olga Yatskevich
Associate Editors: Dolly Meieran and Jeff Gutterman
Designer: Ayumi Higuchi
ISBN: 978-0-578-93213-2
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The What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843–1999 publication is now available for pre-order and will ship in early November.
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