Women Photographers 1900-1975: A Legacy of Light

A Legacy of Light celebrates the wide-ranging photographic practices of more than eighty women artists working between 1900 and 1975.

Featuring prints, postcards, photobooks and magazines, the exhibition explores the role of photographers as image-makers, and the ways in which women artists create an image of themselves, of others, of the times - from images of the women's suffrage movement at the turn of the twentieth century, through to the women's liberation movement and beyond.

From Melbourne to Tokyo, Paris to Buenos Aires, the exhibition showcases the works of trailblazing artists such as Berenice Abbott, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, Imogen Cunningham, Mikki Ferrill, Sue Ford, Christine Godden, Ponch Hawkes, Annemarie Heinrich, Ruth Hollick, Florence Henri, Kati Horna, Germaine Krull, Tina Modotti, Lucia Moholy, Toyoko Tokiwa, Yamazawa Eiko and many more.

The exhibition reflects a recent collecting focus on celebrating the contributions of women artists of the early twentieth century in the NGV Photography Collection.

Featuring portraiture, photojournalism, landscape photography, photomontage, experimental avant-garde imagery and more, Women Photographers 1900-1975: A Legacy of Light presents the diverse work of women photographers against the backdrop of significant social, political and cultural events.

Opening in November 2025, the exhibition coincides with the fifty-year anniversary of International Women's Year 1975, which established the United Nations' annual celebration of International Women's Day.

NGV International
Ground Level

28 Nov 25 - 3 May 26, ticketed

Official Tickets: Tiqets
Adult $25.00
Child (5–15 years) $11.00
Concession $22.00
Family (2 adults + 3 children) $60.00


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