Release Date: Septemebr 19, 2020 National Gallery of Art Celebrates Revolutionary Female Photographers in Groundbreaking Exhibition on View February 14 through May 31, 2021 Ilse Bing, Self-Portrait with Leica, 1931, gelatin silver print, image: 26.67 x 30.48 cm (10 1/2 x 12 in.), Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg Washington, DC-During the 1920s, the iconic New Woman was splashed across the pages of magazines and projected on the silver screen. As a global phenomenon, she embodied an ideal of female empowerment based on real women making revolutionary changes in life and art. Featuring more than 120 photographers from over 20 countries, the groundbreaking exhibition, The New Woman Behind the...
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