A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

American photographer Ellen Carey (born 1952)

1. Self-Portrait with Tulip, 1978 / Unique Polaroid 20×24

2. Self-Portrait, 1984 / Unique Polaroid 20×24

3. Self-Portrait, 1984 / Double-exposure gelatin silver print

https://www.mbart.com/exhibitions/137/works/artworks-11767-ellen-carey-self-portrait-1987/

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

German photographer Elisabeth Hase (1905-1991)

1. Untitled (Self-portrait on the Phone), c.1930 / Silver gelatin print / Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2. Untitled (Bathing Scene), 1932-33 / Vintage silver print / Robert Mann Gallery, NYC

3. Hase Crying, 1933 / Gelatin silver print / Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

4. Untitled (Crying Woman), c.1934 / Vintage silver print / Robert Mann Gallery, NYC

5. Down Stairs, c.1948 / Gelatin silver print / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
(This is usually displayed online as a vertical. I went with the Met’s orientation because it is physically logical, but wonder if the artist meant it to be displayed vertically?)

6. Untitled, ND, date / Photograph / Found on http://elisabeth-hase.de/

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra (born 1959)

Self-Portrait, Marnixbad, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 19, 1991; 1991
Chromogenic print / Various collections, including the National Gallery of Art, DC

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Canadian photographer Hannah Maynard (1834-1918)

Self-portrait with multiple exposures, c.1893 / Modern print from original glass negative
Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC, Canada

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Hannah Maynard: “The Most Surreal Pictures in the Victorian World”
https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/hannah-maynard-photography-victoria-surreal

A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Photographer and photojournalist Germaine Krull (1897-1985)

1. Self-Portrait with Cigarette, 1925 / Gelatin silver print / Various collections including MoMA, NYC

2. Self-portrait, Paris, 1927 / Gelatin silver print / Various collections including Ann and Jürgen Wilde Foundation, Munich

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This article includes a link to a pdf file of Germaine Krull’s groundbreaking 1928 photo book Métal:
(scroll down towards the bottom)  https://monoskop.org/Germaine_Krull

A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Swiss-born Brazilian photographer Hildegard Rosenthal (1913-1990)

Auto-Retrato, 1938 / Photograph / Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil

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English portrait photographer Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976)

1. Dorothy Wilding by Dorothy Wilding, 1920s / Bromide print / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

2. Dorothy Wilding by Dorothy Wilding, 1930s / Chlorobromide print / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

3. Dorothy Wilding by Dorothy Wilding, 1956 / Contact print / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

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Yva (Else Ernestine Neuländer-Simon)(1900-1944)

Self-portrait, 1926 / Gelatin silver print / photo source: Das Verborgene Museum, Berlin, DE

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American photographer Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976)

1. Self portrait, c.1910 / Gelatin silver print / National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

2. Self portrait, 1932 / Gelatin silver print / Imogen Cunningham Trust

3. Self Portrait on Geary Street, 1959 / Gelatin silver print / MoMA, NYC

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