What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843-1999Presenting a diverse geographic and ethnic selection, the What They Saw anthology interprets historical photobooks by women in the broadest sense possible: classic bound books, portfolios, personal albums, unpublished books, zines and scrapbooks. Some of the books documented are well known publications such as Anna Atkins Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions (1843 1853), Germaine Krulls Mtal (1928) and Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph

It is a quiet place to rest and feel the heart-sinking loss and what is found along the way

Kodak's Eastman UltraMax 400 is a high-speed

witnessing the Yugoslav War

due to the fine grain structure

Of the countless hours I spent without a camera was perhaps more productive that the time spent with it

talking for hours with “coyotes” (clandestine smugglers) and police officers

she told the stories of her protagonists without prejudice

the first African American to hold this position

Campany's eclectic selection unfolds according to its own logic

Pittsburgh

In the spirit of Harry Callahan and Lee Friedlander

the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris