Exhibition of photographs by early 20th century female practitioners challenge canon of modern photography
(Artdaily.org)

The Israel Museum opened Modern Love, an exhibition on view through January 5 that expands public understanding of the work of photographers who shaped and defined photography between 1900-1945 through the presentation of a substantial number of works by female practitioners. Featuring around 200 works from seminal artists such as Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston alongside lesser-known female photographers such as ringl+pit, Laure Albin Guillot, and Frieda Meyer Jakobson, the exhibition fosters a deeper level of understanding around the development of cultural production at the time, uncovers surprising discoveries, and fosters contemporary relevancy through connections made to present day camera phone techniques. Drawing on a recent gift from collector Gary B. Sokol of exceptional images taken by female avant-garde photographers active between 1918 and 1939,