Edited by two French historians Luce Lebart and Marie Robert, Une histoire mondiale des femmes photographes (World History of Woman Photographers) is the first reference work on woman photographers that is both international in scope and covers a long period of time, from the origins of photography to the present day.
Lebart and Robert invited a variety of authors to help them compile this highly ambitious project. Amongst them Photography of China’s founder Dr Marine Cabos-Brullé wrote the biographies of the Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908), China’s notorious head of state during the final decades of the imperial era, and Isabella Bird (1831-1904), the celebrated female traveller-photographers and writer known for her momentous journeys across various continents.
A richly illustrated volume of at least 600 pages, this reference work is not only scientifically exemplary but also accessible to the general public thanks to its engaging, lively narrative style and its carefully designed contemporary layout.
