Gertrude KASEBIER<br/> <em>The gargoyle</em> (c. 1900) <!-- (recto) --><br /> platinum photograph<br /> 20.6 x 13.5 cm (image and sheet)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the Herald & Weekly Times Limited, Fellow, 1979<br /> PH27-1979<br /> <!--8693-->
Kati HORNA
Leonora Carrington (1957)
gelatin silver photograph
24.2 x 18.2 cm (image) 25.3 x 20.2 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bowness Family Fund for Photography, 2024
2024.794
© Kati Horna, courtesy Michael Hoppen Gallery

Women Photographers 1900 – 1975: A Legacy of Light
Teacher and Student Programs

28 November 2025 – 3 May 2026

NGV International, Ground Level

This exhibition 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 the 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.

Featuring portraiture, photojournalism, landscape photography, fashion photography, photomontage, experimental avant-garde imagery and more, the exhibition presents the diverse work of women photographers against the backdrop of significant social, political and cultural events. These new forms of image-making pay homage to past and contemporary peers and demonstrate the rich networks of exchange of information, ideas and support between many of the artists across the world.

Explore the range of NGV Educator-led programming or book a self-guided school visit below. Bookings are required for all school groups.

PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS

Self Guided Viewing of Women Photographers 1900-1975: A Legacy of Light All Levels Women Photographers 1900 – 1975: A Legacy of Light Introductory Talk Levels 9–12 VCE Creative Practice: Exploring Interpretive Lenses through Women Photographers Levels VCE Women’s Visions 1900-1975 Introductory Talk Levels Tertiary
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