Women have been essential to the production of photographic objects and the progression of the medium since photography's invention. Join Rachel E. Andrews, assistant collection manager in the Department of Photography, for a discussion of the photographs exhibited in the most recent installation of the museum's History of Photography Gallery. The selections in this rotation highlight works by women photographers, artists, printers, and entrepreneurs.
Barbara Kruger (American, b. 1945). Untitled (You are a captive audience), 1992. Screen print. George Eastman Museum, purchase with funds from the Charina Foundation. © Barbara Kruger. Courtesy Mary Boone Gallery, New York