Women Photographers of the Pacific World, 1857-1930 - Paperback

by Anne Maxwell (Author)

This book examines the lives and works of 12 women photographers working in the Pacific Rim settler territories from 1857-1930. It examines their artistic methods, how they coped in a male-dominated profession and portrayed indigenous peoples and the landscape.

Author Biography

Anne Maxwell is Associate Professor in the English and Theatre Program in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. She has published numerous articles and essays on colonial and postcolonial literature and colonial photography. Her other books are Colonial Photography and Exhibitions (2000), Picture Imperfect: Photography and Eugenics (2008) and Shifting Focus: Colonial Australian Photography, 1860-1920 (2015).