The 12 - Ungentle Camera: Women’s Photography and War

Ungentle Camera: Women’s Photography and War

Why are there so few women in the historical canon of war photography? Are there other kinds of photography by women that have gone unnoticed?

Dr Pippa Oldfield, photography curator, author and academic, offers a sneak preview of her forthcoming book, Ungentle Camera. 

Pippa has been researching surprising examples of women’s photography in the American Civil War, Mexican Revolution, and Second World War. 

She shows that, while women have historically been dissuaded from frontline photojournalism, they have persistently found other ways to use photography to respond to war. 

Pippa will share some remarkable histories, including her pioneering research into Elizabeth Beachbard, who made portraits of Confederate soldiers in a military camp during the American Civil War (1861-1865).