BOOK – Extraordinary Women with Cameras

From publisher Rocky Nook, this children’s book titled Extraordinary Women with Cameras tells how 35 groundbreaking, creative female photographers changed how we see the world.

Ever since photography was invented almost 200 years ago, women have broken barriers and influenced the artform. Now, this first-ever children’s book about women photographers tells the stories of 35 of the most talented historical and contemporary shutterbugs.

Filled with colorful illustrations, this book includes stories about Dorothea Lange’s haunting portraits of American history, Margaret Bourke-White’s bravery as the first female war correspondent in WWII, Florestine Perrault Collin’s’ influential images depicting Black life in the 1920s, and many more. Including explanations of key photography terms, photo project ideas, and suggestions for other women photographers to study, this charming book will inspire children to pick up a camera and make their own incredible photographs.

Women Photographers

Dorothea Lange

Annie Leibovitz

Diane Arbus

Vivian Maier

Anne Geddes

Kuni Sugiura

Margaret Bourke-White

Eve Arnold

Cindy Sherman

Florestine Perrault Collins

Berenice Abbott

Anna Atkins

Imogen Cunningham

Coreen Simpson

Dulce Pinzn

Dayanita Singh

Sally Mann

Helen Levitt

Lee Miller

Frances Benjamin Johnston

Carrie Mae Weems

Christina Broom

Gertrude Kasebier

Germaine Krull

Gisele Freund

Mary Ellen Mark

Francesca Woodman

Jill Greenberg

Barbara Kruger

Gerda Taro

Sarah Moon

Julia Margaret Cameron

Ming Smith

Rinko Kawauchi

Martha Holmes