With a rising number of women throughout the world picking up their cameras and capturing their
surroundings this book explores the work of 100 women and the experiences behind their
greatest images.Traditionally a male-dominated field street photography is increasingly
becoming the domain of women. This fantastic collection of images reflects that shift
showcasing 100 contemporary women street photographers working around the world today
accompanied by personal statements about their work. Variously joyful unsettling and
unexpected the photographs capture a wide range of extraordinary moments. The volume is
curated by Gulnara Samoilova founder of the Women Street Photographers project: a website
social media platform and annual exhibition. Photographer Melissa Breyer's introductory essay
explores how the genre has intersected with gender throughout history looking at how cultural
changes in gender roles have overlapped with technological developments in the camera to allow
key historical figures to emerge. Her text is complemented by a foreword by renowned
photojournalist Ami Vitale whose career as a war photographer and later global travels with
National Geographic have allowed a unique insight into the realities of working as a woman
photographer in different countries. In turns intimate and candid the photographs featured in
this book offer a kaleidoscopic glimpse of what happens when women across the world are behind
the camera.
