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30 By 30: Alice Sachs Zimet / Lisette Model
30 Women Photographers and the Women Photographers Who Inspired Them A Blog Series in Honor of Women’s History Month, March 1 – 31 Alice Sachs Zimet is President of Arts + Business Partners, a company she founded in 1999 to consult on issues of corporate marketing and sponsorship in the arts. A pioneer in this field, she created the first Cultural Affairs Marketing Group at The Chase Manhattan Bank, and used the arts to brand Chase globally and generate over $2 billion in new business. Zimet’s clients have included corporations like American Express, Barnes & Noble, Fleet Bank, and Sephora, as well as prominent cultural institutions like the Martha Graham Dance Company, International Center of Photography, Institut Van Gogh, Orpheus [continue reading...]
30 By 30: Robbie Kaye / Abi Hodes
30 Women Photographers and the Women Photographers Who Inspired Them A Blog Series in Honor of Women’s History Month, March 1 – 31 Robbie Kaye is a photojournalist based in Santa Monica, California. Her work has been featured in Gourmet, Allure, Life & Style, and Photographer’s Forum. In 2009, while photographing a whimsical “A Day At…€ series, she embarked on the beauty parlor segment, and immediately felt a sense of purpose. “As soon as I started photographing the women over 70, I realized how beautiful they are and how much courage they have aging in a society where the focus is all about the beauty of youth.€ Kaye began traveling to salons throughout the United States to photograph and interview women [continue reading...]
30 By 30: Gigi Stoll / Flo Fox
30 Women Photographers and the Women Photographers Who Inspired Them A Blog Series in Honor of Women’s History Month, March 1 – 31 On the surface they seem an unlikely pair: Gigi Stoll is tall, slender and blond; Flo Fox is blue-haired and confined to a wheelchair. Stoll began her working life as a model, Fox as a seamstress. Then you get to know them, and realize they’re a lot alike: funny, adventurous, and dedicated to photography. The hard knocks started early for Flo Fox. Her father died at thirty-eight, leaving three children and a pregnant wife. Her mother died of breast cancer when she was fourteen. During her late teenage years, Fox stayed with relatives, raised hell, and generally [continue reading...]
30 By 30: Claudia Kunin / Imogen Cunningham
30 Women Photographers and the Women Photographers Who Inspired Them A Blog Series in Honor of Women’s History Month, March 1 – 31 Claudia Kunin graduated from the University of Oregon in 1976 with a B.S. in Psychology, and worked for many years as a commercial photographer. But entering her fifties and faced with a life-threatening illness, she decided she wanted to succeed as a fine artist. Using old family photographs and daguerrotypes, she began to craft a dream-like, intensely personal body of work. Using Photoshop, Kunin offsets various color elements within each image. These are later recombined in the mind of the viewer when the work is seen through 3D glasses. The experience is extraordinary, like a peek into dark, secret [continue reading...]
30 By 30: Dannielle Hayes / Diane Arbus
30 Women Photographers And the Women Photographers Who Inspired Them A Blog Series in Honor of Women’s History Month, March 1 – 31 Dannielle Hayes is a pioneering photographer, writer and designer. She is also the founder of Professional Women Photographers. This organization grew out of the historic 1975 Fashion Institute of Technology exhibit called Breadth of Vision: Portfolios of Women Photographers. Hayes felt a need to promote both the show and the women in it, and began hosting meetings at her apartment. At the time, there were not many women working in photography, and there was a need for them to come together, share information and support each other’s projects. Her own dedication was fierce. In 1976, she drove a truck [continue reading...]