[17 March – 2 August 2026.] Hosted by the IMS Paulista Photography Library, the What They Saw Reading Room at the Instituto Moreira Salles on São Paulo, Brazil, draws from its extensive women’s photobook collection, which includes the recently acquired “Coleção 10×10 Photobooks: Fotolivros Históricos de Mulheres.”
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Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print Reading Room @ Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print Reading Room on view at the Hirsch Library, Museum of Fine Arts Houston from 9 October 2025 to 24 January 2026.
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[21 & 22 November 2025] Flashpoint! Reading Room @ Museum of Fine Arts, Houston joins nationwide expression of creative resistance.
Read MoreHow We See What They Saw
[15 Sept – 21 Nov 2025] A “Micro” Reading Room of Photobooks by Women at George Mason University. Inspired by 10×10 Photobooks’ How We See: Photobooks by Women (2017) and What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843-1999.
Read MoreGetty Museum & Research Institute — What They Saw Reading Room
[8 April – 11 May 2025] This pop-up reading room surveys a global history of photobooks by women photographers from the Getty Library. As part of an international series showcasing…
Read MoreSubmit your Photo-based Protest Zine to the Flashpoint! Reading Room at the Contact Photography Festival in Toronto
[Deadline: 15 April] 10×10 Photobooks and Contact Photography Festival seeks PHOTO-BASED protest zine submissions for a community selection featured in the hands-on Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print Reading Room from 1 May to 21 June at Contact Gallery in Toronto, Canada.
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What They Saw Reading Room at Miami Dade Public Library Main Branch from 1 October 2024 to 3 January 2025.
Read MoreWhat They Saw Reading Room @ Reina Sofía Museum
The What They Saw Reading Room on view at Space D from 23 February to 7 June 2024 at the Library and Document Center of the Museo Nacional Centro Arte Reina Sofia. Presenting a selection of sixty photobooks by women from around the world, the reading room will include books from 1843 to 1999.
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The What They Saw Reading Room will be on view at Space D from 23 February to 7 June 2024 at the Library and Document Center of the Museo Nacional…
Read MoreWomen and the Photobook @ Bodleian Libraries and The Old Fire Station, Oxford, UK
This pop-up library, inspired by the recent publication, What They saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843–1999, explores the diversity of photographic books created by women. Throughout history, the contributions of women…
Read MoreSpotlight Talks at Boston Athenaeum
March 2-4 from 11 am to 4 pm. Free with Athenaeum admission. Registration not required. Throughout the What They Saw Reading Room at the Boston Athenaeum, scholars will present short talks on several of the books on view.
Read MoreBoston Athenaeum What They Saw Reading Room
Come Explore Photobooks by Women! Join us at the Boston Athenaeum for a three-day What They Saw Reading Room of photobooks by women. Curated in collaboration with Lauren Graves, Polly Thayer…
Read MoreTiny XX Library @ Mmuseumm 2
A pop-up library of recent photobooks not by men. Curated by 10×10 Photobooks, TINY XX LIBRARY shared thirty-two photobooks authored by artists from around the world. Presented on velvet-lined shelves…
Read MoreWhat They Saw Reading Room at Enter Enter in Amsterdam
Enter Enter is pleased to present What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843-1999, a hands-on reading room showcasing a global selection of photobooks by female photographers from photography’s beginnings to the dawn of the 21st century.
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