Women
In Photography International Establishes
List of Top 100 Distinguished Women Photographers
August
31, 2008 Women
In Photography International continues its tradition by establishing a list of
the top 100 Distinguished Women Photographers for 2008. Included on the
list are photography's classics, Lillian Bassman, Jodi Cobb, Anne Geddes, Graciela
Iturbide, Helen Levitt, Sally Mann and Cindy Sherman.
Starting
in 2006, to celebrate WIPI’s 25th Anniversary, Women In Photography International
(www.WIPI.org) began the process of researching and culling the names of working
women photographers worldwide. After two years, the finalized list of the Top
100 female Photographers was completed in August 2008, and serves as the 25th
Anniversary Addendum to WIPI’s Distinguished Photographer’s
Award, first presented to Eve Arnold in 1981.
Selecting
the top 100 women photographers involved Googling each of the candidates nominated
with attention focused on the artist’s body of work, history of exhibition,
biographies, portfolios, career longevity, publications, and social impact. The
selection acknowledges women starting at the earliest stages of their career to
working photographers with twenty-five or more years of history.
A variety
of resource materials were used to assemble the list, most notably Dr. Naomi Rosenblum's
1994 groundbreaking volume, 'A History of Women Photographers', and Photo Historian,
Peter E. Palmquist’s, 2001 list of women photographers, donated to WIPI’s
online resource center. The Palmquist Collection of Western American and Women's
Photography is housed at Yale University's Beinecke Library. Additional support
and consultation was provided by photographers, curators, educators, museums,
educational foundations, photographic organizations, and gallery owners worldwide.
Women
In Photography International’s Top 100 Distinguished Photographers list
honors the accomplishments of dedicated working women photographers around the
globe. Each of the nominees, and the selected finalists has contributed uniquely
to the field of the visual arts. Whether self-taught or formally educated, each
of these women were selected for their dedication, artistry, and for creating
a body of work that has touched our lives.
Distinguished
Photographer's Award
Established
to give recognition to an artist who has contributed significantly
to the
world of photography. Past recipients include:
Eve Arnold, 1983
Ruth
Bernhard, 1984
Judy Dater, 1985
Marion Post Wolcott, 1986
Linda McCartney,
1987
Mary Ellen Mark, 1988
Ruth Orkin, 1989
Joyce Tenneson, 1990
Berenice
Abbott, 1991
Grace Robertson, 1992
Annie Leibovitz,
2003 (presented in collaboration w/Lucie Awards)
DistinguishedPhotog/AnnieLiebovitz_2003
Sylvia
Plachy, 2004 (presented in collaboration w/Lucie Awards)
DistinguishedPhotog/SylviaPlachy_2004
Carrie
Mae Weems, 2005 (announced Sept. 15, 2005)
DistinguishedPhotog/CarrieMaeWeems_2005
2006-2008
25th ANNIVERSARY 100 Top Photographers below |
| D I S T I N G U I S H E D
PHOTOGRAPHERS LIST: 25 years + |
40
- DISTINGUISHED
Lillian
Bassman, New York City, NY / USA http://tinyurl.com/yt7cke
Letzia Battaglia, Palermo, Sicily / ITALY
http://tinyurl.com/2orb6d
Barbara Bordnick, New
York City, NY / USA http://tinyurl.com/2t6wom
Marta
Maria Pérez Bravo, Havana / CUBA http://tinyurl.com/ypwxvq
http://tinyurl.com/2f64ae
Sisse
Brimberg, Mill Valley, CA/ USA http://tinyurl.com/372lsm
Jane Bown, London / UK http://tinyurl.com/ypyjne
Nancy
Clendaniel, Enumclaw, WA/ USA http://tinyurl.com/2dnldb
Jodi Cobb Washington, D.C. / USA http://tinyurl.com/243xll
Eileen
Cowin / Los Angeles,
CA / USA http://tinyurl.com/6q5wpx
Julia
Dean, Venice, CA / USA http://tinyurl.com/2hq99k
Barbara Ess, New York City, NY/ USA http://tinyurl.com/2tbvph
Jean Ferro, Los Angeles, CA / USA http://tinyurl.com/yqr4k5
Irene
Fertik, Los Angeles, CA/ USA http://tinyurl.com/2szzhx
Martine
Franck, Paris / FRANCE http://tinyurl.com/ypyfds
Anne Geddes, Sydney /AUSTRALIA http://tinyurl.com/279q34
Judy Ellis Glickman, Cape Cod, ME / USA
http://tinyurl.com/6boojq
Nan Goldin, New
York City, NY / USA http://tinyurl.com/2aww52
Lynn Goldsmith, New York, CO / USA http://tinyurl.com/2mnja7
Annie Griffiths Belt, Great Falls, VA / USA http://tinyurl.com/36vzfa
Candida Höfer, Cologne / GERMANY http://tinyurl.com/22cztk
Miyako Ishiuchi, Tokyo / JAPAN http://tinyurl.com/yvptp4
Graciela
Iturbide, Coyoacán / MEXICO http://tinyurl.com/yt2twm
Barbara Kruger, New York, Los Angeles / USA http://tinyurl.com/6h63l9
Helen
Levitt, New York City, NY/ USA http://tinyurl.com/3a5atq
Sally Mann, Lexington, VA / USA http://tinyurl.com/259pfr
Susan Meiselas, New York City, NY/ USA http://tinyurl.com/2n9vnr
Sheila Metzner, Lexington, VA / USA
http://tinyurl.com/2q7xjt
Sarah Moon, Paris / FRANCE http://tinyurl.com/225ld8
Lida
Moser, Rockville, MD / USA http://tinyurl.com/2yjsan
Jean
Pagliuso, New York
City, NY / USA
http://tinyurl.com/5j6ur7
Bettina
Rheims, Paris / FRANCE http://tinyurl.com/2tj4wt
Bonnie Schiffman http://tinyurl.com/69cy7r
Cindy Sherman, New York City, NY / USA http://tinyurl.com/3493o8
Alice Springs/June Newton , Principato
di Monaco/ MONTE CARLO http://tinyurl.com/2jyab8
Catherine Steinmann, New York City, NY/ USA http://tinyurl.com/24hq8q
Deborah
Turbeville, New York City, NY/ USA http://tinyurl.com/ysdb8m
Michelle Vignes, San Francisco, CA / USA
http://tinyurl.com/35ho3v
Deborah
Willis, Philadelphia, PA/ USA http://tinyurl.com/2seu9x
Joyce
Wilson, Santa Barbara, CA / USA http://tinyurl.com/4kw787
Pat York, Los Angeles, CA / USA http://tinyurl.com/25vm2l
| E S T A B L I S H E D
PHOTOGRAPHER LIST: 15 - 25 years |
30
ESTABLISHED
Jane
Fulton Alt, Chicago, IL / USA http://tinyurl.com/yrdsa4
Amy
Arbus, New York City, NY/ USA
http://tinyurl.com/35zhua
Zohra Bensemra, Algiers / No.
AFRICA http://www.bensemra.com http://tinyurl.com/2okyfl
Nina
Berman, New York City, NY/ USA http://tinyurl.com/3c778e
http://tinyurl.com/4fxvcg
Zarina Bhimji, London, UK /Berlin/ GERMANY http://tinyurl.com/36jn9n
Renée
C. Byer, Seattle, WA /USA http://tinyurl.com/2y8h2l
Rineke
Dijkstra,
Sittard / NETHERLANDS http://tinyurl.com/5esh7n
Donna
Ferrato, New York City, NY/ USA http://tinyurl.com/2svoff
Kattia
Garcia, Havana / CUBA http://tinyurl.com/ytvpvu
Claire
Garoutte, Seattle, WA / USA http://tinyurl.com/2pbtvh
Carol
Guzy, Arlington, VA / USA http://tinyurl.com/45soju http://tinyurl.com/494b7b
Lizzie
Himmel, New York City, NY/ USA http://tinyurl.com/6n2rxk http://www.lizziehimmel.net
Connie Imboden, Baltimore, MD / USA http://tinyurl.com/2l95kq
Karen Kasmauski, NewYork City, NY/ USA http://tinyurl.com/2f5m8v
Elaine
Ling, Ontario, CANADA http://tinyurl.com/3jdp6c
Joyce
P. Lopez, Chicago, IL / USA http://tinyurl.com/256qmm
http://tinyurl.com/3gsdsm
Diana Lui, Paris / France http://tinyurl.com/2h24tt
http://tinyurl.com/2gkzfc
Andrea
Modica, Manitou Springs, CO / USA http://tinyurl.com/ytwbgq
Karin Apollonia Müller, Heidelberg / GERMANY
http://tinyurl.com/263uph
Catherine Opie, Los Angeles, CA/ USA http://tinyurl.com/2uweod
Patrizia Pulga, Bologna / ITALY http://tinyurl.com/2m2k7u
Patricia D. Richards, Plano, TX / USA http://tinyurl.com/2at9v2
http://tinyurl.com/4nycfn
Judith Joy Ross, Bethlehem, PA / USA http://tinyurl.com/2av94r
Stephanie
Sinclair, Chicago, IL/ USA / AFGHANISTAN http://tinyurl.com/2wxslx
http://www.photobetty.com
Maria
Stenzel, Falls Church, VA / USA http://tinyurl.com/34lswr
Helen
Stummer, Metuchen, NJ /USA http://tinyurl.com/3hmpzp http://tinyurl.com/yto7bb
Maggie
Taylor, Gainesville, Fl / USA http://tinyurl.com/2eeqqy
Sara Terry, Los Angeles, CA / USA
http://tinyurl.com/33b3m9
Hullea
Tsinhnahjinnie, Davis, CA / USA http://tinyurl.com/2mo2bm http://tinyurl.com/35qooy
Ilona
Wellman, Gummersbach / GERMANY http://tinyurl.com/285kvh
| E
M E R G I N G PHOTOGRAPHER LIST 5
- 15 years |
20
- EMERGING
Ana
Laura Alaéz, Madrid
/ SPAIN http://tinyurl.com/2ch6gu
Patricia Aridjis, Mexico City/ MEXICO
http://tinyurl.com/2cna6u
Adelaide
Narelle
Autio/ AUSTRALIA
http://tinyurl.com/2lg6fn
Bianca
Brunner, London / UK http://tinyurl.com/2ejc4w
Lalla Essaydi, New York City, NY/ MOROCCO http://tinyurl.com/ywmtla
Gauri Gill, New Delhi / INDIA http://tinyurl.com/36ur98 http://tinyurl.com/3ctpnn
Lauren Greenfield, Venice, CA, / USA
http://tinyurl.com/27vdty
Claudia
Guadarrama, Mexico City / MEXICO http://tinyurl.com/36stju
Brigitte
Lustenberger, Bern, Switzerland http://tinyurl.com/3djok4
Loretta
Lux, Dresden / EAST GERMANY http://tinyurl.com/2yn7pp
Mary
McCartney, London / UK http://tinyurl.com/5rneoj
Erin
Manning, Manhattan Beach, CA / USA http://tinyurl.com/27nx9a
Rania Matar, Lebanon /Boston, MA / USA
http://tinyurl.com/28kate
Heather McClintock, New York City, NY/USA http://tinyurl.com/22ccj4
Lizzie Sadin, FRANCE http://tinyurl.com/2g92wm http://tinyurl.com/2g92wm
Elizabeth
Siegfried, Toronto /CANADA http://tinyurl.com/ytkzwf
Marla Sweeney, Boston, MA / USA
http://tinyurl.com/2hplsm
Hazel Thompson, London / UK http://tinyurl.com/6z5ncm
Helen Van Meene, Heiloo / NETHERLANDS
http://tinyurl.com/3cxvqb
Carrie
Villines, Brooklyn, NY/ USA
http://tinyurl.com/ytyber
| D E B U T A N T E
PHOTOGRAPHER
LIST 1 - 5 years |
10
- DEBUTANTE
Mariliana
Arvelo, Caracas,
VENEZUELA
http://tinyurl.com/357pml
Julia Milner Bochkova, Moscow
/ RUSSUA http://tinyurl.com/ytv75a
Susan Burnstein, Los Angeles, CA/ USA http://tinyurl.com/2b3xpa
Véronique
de Viguerie, Paris / FRANCE http://tinyurl.com/2wyocc
Alla
Esipovich, St. Petersburg / RUSSIA http://tinyurl.com/2cmehg
http://tinyurl.com/35mh3y
Shadi Ghadirian, Tehran/ IRAN http://tinyurl.com/29otg3
Catherine Hall, New York City, NY/ USA
http://tinyurl.com/4dmgg7
Karolina Marcinkowska, Lodz / POLAND http://tinyurl.com/yohk5g
Ami
Vitale, Kashmir / INDIA http://tinyurl.com/2a4e7e
Miwa Yanagi, Kyoto / JAPAN
http://tinyurl.com/2mzqb4 http://tinyurl.com/3kumkf |
