The Gender of Photography

It would be unthinkable now to omit early female pioneers from any survey of photography's history in the Western world. Yet for many years the gendered language of American, British and French photographic literature made it appear that women's interactions with early photography did not count as significant contributions.

Nicole Hudgins is Associate Professor in the Division of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies at the University of Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the author of Hold Still, Madame: Wartime Gender and the Photography of Women in France during the Great War (2014).

Photography 1. What Was the Problem with Femininity? 2. "Masculine" Photography in the Nineteenth Century 3. Theatricality 4. Tactility 5. Softness 6. HybridityPart Two: A Medium of Masculinity 7. From Gender Neutral to a Masculine Medium 8. Building a Republic of Photography 9. Establishing the Paternity of Photography 10. No Girls Allowed? 11. Feminine Silence 12. Defending PhotographyPart Three: Women in the Studio 13. Just Charming 14. Work for Women? 15. The Gender of Coloring 16. The Femininity of the Studio 17. Studios of Their Own.