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Soldiers and Suffragettes:The Photography of Christina Broom
Anna Sparham
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Description for Soldiers and Suffragettes:The Photography of Christina Broom
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 283 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1220.
In 1903 a self-taught novice photographer, Christina Broom, turned to photography as a business venture to support her family; from this modest beginning she was to emerge as Britain s acknowledged pioneer woman press photographer. Unconventionally for women photographers of the time she took her camera to the streets and recorded arresting and historically important images of Suffragettes, sporting events, royal occasions and World War I soldiers and developed a significant enterprise in picture postcards which she published from her home in Fulham, London, till her death in 1939. Despite her camera s presence at many significant historical events and ... Read more
In 1903 a self-taught novice photographer, Christina Broom, turned to photography as a business venture to support her family; from this modest beginning she was to emerge as Britain s acknowledged pioneer woman press photographer. Unconventionally for women photographers of the time she took her camera to the streets and recorded arresting and historically important images of Suffragettes, sporting events, royal occasions and World War I soldiers and developed a significant enterprise in picture postcards which she published from her home in Fulham, London, till her death in 1939. Despite her camera s presence at many significant historical events and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Philip Wilson Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781300381
SKU
V9781781300381
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About Anna Sparham
Anna Sparham is Curator of Photographs at the Museum of London. Graduating with a degree in photography from Nottingham Trent University in 2001, she joined the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, working as an assistant curator with the photographs collection. Sparham joined the Museum of London in 2004, becoming a curator in 2006.
Reviews for Soldiers and Suffragettes:The Photography of Christina Broom
'This is an excellent book published to coincide with an exhibition at the Museum of London of Christina Broom's photography. It is the first substantial publication on the subject and it is long overdue.' - The Guards Magazine; 'Showcases the remarkable work of Britain's first female press photographer...Despite her camera's presence at many significant historical events and her importance to ... Read more