[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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2021 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation Catalogue of the Year Award. 2022 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award. What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843 – 1999 explores photobooks created by women from photography’s beginnings to the dawn of the 21st century.
[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.
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[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…
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[Friday, 11 April, 6-8pm] Celebrate the opening of the Getty Research Institute exhibition What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1943–1999. Artists Catherine Opie and Melodie McDaniel will be joined by 10×10 Photobooks co-founder Russet Lederman and exhibition co-curator Isotta Poggi to explore photobook publication and how the process highlights themes of collaboration, storytelling, politics, identity, and resilience.
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What They Saw Reading Room at Miami Dade Public Library Main Branch from 1 October 2024 to 3 January 2025.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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Join us for an exciting conversation on the history of photobooks by women. Panelists include Anne Havinga (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Chair, Department of Photography),…
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The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation is delighted to be collaborating with the Victoria and Albert Museum to present a special event celebrating this year’s winning title, “What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843-1999.”
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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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An online and in-person panel discussion with contributors to What They Saw: Historical Photbooks by Women: 1843-1999 An anthology that documents women’s major contributions to photobooks, the book addresses a…
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