Book review.

Extraordinary Women with Cameras: 35 Photographers Who Changed How We See the World, by Darcy Reed (2022)

I picked this up because it looked like a good recommendation for members of the Ukiah Photography Club who have granddaughters. It’s aimed at children ages 8 to 12. Here we have the obvious candidates – Dorothea Lange, Vivian Maier, Annie Leibovitz – but also others I’ve never heard of – Coreen Simpson? Rinko Kawauchi? Especially intriguing are the illustrations by Vanessa Perez – caricatures that emphasize Lange’s Graflex, Maier’s Rollei, and Leibovitz’s long blond (once) hair. I’ll show these to club members and see if they can identify them. [Later note: Maier and Leibovitz were easy, several recognized Lange but couldn’t come up with the name.]