bobfitz Loc: Kendall-Miami, Florida

Great post and/or reply.

issa2006.

I have been paying attention to who is taking newspaper photos. In the past it has been almost exclusively men . There are a few women's photos in our local papers and AP photos now but still more are men. I have wondered why that is. As a woman and photo journalist I find taking pictures of people is more interesting than landscapes. As in every field of work there are more and more women in all jobs.

issa2006.

I have been paying attention to who is taking newspaper photos. In the past it has been almost exclusively men . There are a few women's photos in our local papers and AP photos now but still more are men. I have wondered why that is. As a woman and photo journalist I find taking pictures of people is more interesting than landscapes. As in every field of work there are more and more women in all jobs.

cbtsam Loc: Monkton, MD

Here's a little historical note to women in photography. While there is no date here on page two, on page one of these minutes of the Photographic Club of Baltimore City, now the Baltimore Camera Club, the date is 10/24/24. I do know that my friend, a Mr. Bonwit who is about 60 years old, knows that his grandfather was a member of the club, and he assumes it was that grandfather who made the motion, in order that the woman who became my friend's grandmother could join the club. Interestingly, 1924 is also the year that 18 year-old Aubrey Bodine joined the club; you can check out some of his work at https://aaubreybodine.com/originals/slideshow.asp .

My take on the relative paucity of women is photography is classic male chauvinist sexism. In the early days, women were routinely regarded as unskilled and untrainable, so photography, like painting, became a boys club, and boys clubs are notoriously difficult for women to break into. When they did, women like Dorothea Lange pretty much kicked our gluteus maximi.

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srt101fan

Thank you for the link to Bodine's photographs. Marvelous body of work!

cbtsam Loc: Monkton, MD

Ain't it the truth! He's a legend here in Baltimore, having shot for the Baltimore Sun for most of his amazing career.

Mate Loc: Pahrump, Nevada

Fantastic information! Thank you for sharing
Darlene

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Unfortunately, lots of newspapers and other media have cut way back on photographic staff, leaving it to reporters or freelancers. Probably lots of the remaining media photographer jobs are held by long time shooters from the time it was almost all men.

cbtsam Loc: Monkton, MD

Try Quote Reply, Darlene, so we know to whom you are referring.