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Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Pioneer of the 'Female Gaze'

The American photographer helped forge the way for female photographers, who are often overlooked in favour of the distinctively male giants of photography like Irving Penn and Richard Avedon.
Left: Looking at Matisse, Museum of Modern Art, 1939. Right: Liz Gibbons as Photographer, 1938. | Photographs by Louise Dahl-Wolfe | Source: Courtesy of Collection Staley Wise Galley. ©1989 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents.
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  • Osman Ahmed

LONDON, United Kingdom

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